NHER 42223 (Monument record) - Earthworks of a rectangular enclosure

December 2005. Norfolk NMP.
An earthwork of a small rectangular enclosure of medieval to post medieval date is visible on aerial photographs (S1). This earthwork is located at TG 4997 0698 on marshland to the south of Breydon Water. The enclosure is rectangular in plan and measures 18m by 13m externally. The position of this enclosure in the marshland indicates that it is of medieval to post medieval date. It is similar to other enclosures visible as earthworks on the marshland. Information from [1] suggests that these enclosures are probably sheep cotes. They were used to pen sheep overnight so that their manure could be collected. The manure was then transported from the marshes for use as fertiliser on arable fields on the ‘upland’ (S3). The field had been ploughed and the earthworks levelled by 1970 (S2).
J. Albone (NMP), 12 December 2005