NHER 43456 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Multi-phase cropmarks of field boundaries and ditched features of unknown definite date, Bradwell

March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
The multi-phase cropmarks of field boundaries and ditched features of unknown definite date are visible on aerial photographs of Bradwell (S1-S2). Although all of these features are essentially of unknown date, some of them may be Iron Age to Roman in date and may be related of field systems, ditches and trackways recorded to the north (NHER 43447) and to the northwest (NHER 43454). The site is centred on TG 5109 0421.

Running from TG 5114 0400 to TG 5119 0416 is a ditch, probably a field boundary, which is overlain by a series of bank and ditched boundaries though to date to the late medieval to post medieval in date (NHER 43455). Either side of this boundary are perpendicular ditches and these are likely to be defining field divisions. Other elements of the site follow the general alignment of this ditch and are likely to be part of the same fragmentary field system, such as the possible trackway section at TG 5126 0434 and the ditches at TG 5096 0435 and TG 5095 0410.

Not all the cropmarks grouped under this site follow this general orientation and are therefore likely to represent different phases on the site. Although the features are too fragmentary for any relative phasing to be attempted.
S. Massey (NMP), 29 March 2006.

March 2023. Assessment of the Character and Significance of East Anglian Field Systems project.
The site described above was included in the dataset analysed for the Historic England-funded Assessment of East Anglian Field Systems project. See the project report (S3) for further details.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk County Council Environment Team), 22 March 2023.