NHER 38995 (Monument record) - Cropmarks of post medieval embanked enclosure or drainage system

November 2004. Norfolk NMP.
A possible enclosure of post-medieval date is visible as an earthwork and cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1-2), centred at TG 2614 3503. Its function is uncertain but an association with either drainage or with agricultural activity seems plausible. It fits the pattern of enclosure depicted on historic Ordnance Survey maps (S3), indicating that it is probably post-medieval. It remains at least partially visible, probably as a slight earthwork, on the latest consulted aerial photographs taken in 1988 (S4).

Only three sides of the enclosure are visible but it appears to be approximately rectangular in plan. (If its east and west sides were extended it is possible that Fox's Beck made up the northern side). There are a number of shorter linear banks on its south side, the function of which is not known. It measures approximately 82m long and is at least 30m wide. What may be an internal ditch is visible on its west side. It should be noted that on some of the consulted aerial photographs (e.g. S1) the banks appear to possibly be ditches. On the clearest photographs (S2) of the site, however, the enclosure seems to be defined by banks and this is reflected in the NMP mapping.
(S1-4)
S. Tremlett (NMP), 30 November 2004.