NHER 38887 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Undated rectilinear enclosure

October 2004. Norfolk NMP.
A possible rectilinear enclosure is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 2658 3954. Too little of the postulated enclosure is visible to allow confident interpretation of its date and function, but its orientation and general morphology is comparable to Iron Age to Romano-British enclosures and field systems in the surrounding area. A number of linear features in the immediate vicinity of the site, visible on aerial photographs, could form part of a surrounding field system. In every case, however, they are more likely to be a product of geology, modern agriculture or the late post-medieval to modern field boundaries depicted on historic maps and consequently they have not been mapped. Linear features visible in the distance on an oblique aerial photograph (S2) could represent part of the western side of the enclosure but are too distant too warrant mapping.

The postulated enclosure is roughly rectangular in shape. It has an external length of 140m and an internal length of 130m. It is visible for up to 85.5m of its internal breadth; the postulated annexe extends this breadth by 25m.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 19 October 2004.