NHER 26874 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of post medieval banks and ditches

April 2002. Norfolk NMP.
Site consists of a group of banks and ditches, visible on 1967 OS vertical aerial photographs (S1). A main bank, 240m long, runs from TF 6687 3888 to TF 6709 3896. This is flanked on either side by a ditch. To the north another bank runs from TF 6709 3898 to TF 6706 3908. This has a perpendicular branch to the west, which is parallel to the main bank to the south. This smaller section of bank has at least eight alternate banks and ditches running perpendicular to the bank. These are up to 2m wide. These arrangement of banks and ditches is morphologically similar to those belonging to a post medieval water meadow system 600m to the south (NHER 33387). It is possible that these cropmarks relate to a similar site, possibly fed by the creek to the west, however this would have been tidal water, rather than fresh. Therefore these alternate banks and ditches could be remnants of ridge and furrow, rather than water meadows. Several other stretches of bank are visible to the north of the site, which almost enclose the main features. The two banks to the west are curvilinear.
S. Massey (NMP), 24 April 2002.