NHER 42139 (Monument record) - Earthworks of post medieval ridge and furrow

November 2005. Norfolk NMP.
Earthworks of a possible post medieval narrow ridge and furrow and drainage ditches are visible on aerial photographs (S1). These earthworks are centred on TG 4751 1032. The field in which they are located is divided into three areas by two ditches in a T-shaped arrangement. The western part of the field comprises two areas measuring 108m by 88m and 112m by 110m. The ridge and furrow in the western area lies on a north to south alignment and is spaced approximately 3m apart. Information from [1] suggests that these are the remains of narrow ridge and furrow. It is possible that they date to the period of the Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815) when grain prices were high and areas of the marshland were taken into arable cultivation (S3). The field was in arable cultivation by 1988 (S2) although the drainage ditches were visible as cropmarks. The western part of the field has subsequently been built over.
J. Albone (NMP), 02 November 2005