NHER 39024 (Monument record) - Cropmark of rectilinear enclosure of possible Iron Age to Roman date

December 2004. Norfolk NMP.
A rectilinear enclosure is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 2665 3665. Although the enclosure lies within a field system (NHER 38961), and appears to form part of this system, it also appears to be a relatively discrete and well-defined feature, rather than simply a part of the larger site. While an Iron Age to Romano-British date for the enclosure seems plausible, it should be noted that it is conjectural and to a significant extent based upon the dating of the field system which surrounds it. As with the field system, the fact that parts of the post-medieval field pattern depicted on historic maps shares the same orientation means that the possibility that the enclosure is of post-Roman date cannot be discounted.

The enclosure is only partially visible but appears to be rectangular in plan with slightly rounded corners. It measures up to 80m wide and at least 120m long. It seems to have an entrance along its south-west side; a second possible entrance exists on its south-east side.
(S1)
S. Tremlett (NMP), 6 December 2004.

May-June 2022. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of site of proposed extension to existing agricultural reservoir.
Three of the trenches excavated coincided with the southern side of this enclosure, with the corresponding ditch found to contain a signficant quantity of Roman pottery, along with a quern stone and fragments of fired clay. A number of nearby pits were also of probable Roman date.
See NHER 69191 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 10 June 2025.