NHER 43475 (Monument record) - Drains, probably post medieval, on Gapton Marshes

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Summary

A group of drains is visible as earthworks and vegetation marks on aerial photographs. Part of one ditch is depicted on Bradwell Tithe Map (1842), but the drains are otherwise undated. Their generally linear appearance, however, suggests that a post medieval date is likely for the whole site.

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Map sheet TG50NW
Civil Parish BRADWELL, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK
Civil Parish GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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April 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A group of drains is visible as earthworks and vegetation marks on aerial photographs (S1)-(S5), centred at TG 5107 0647. Part of one of the drains (visible between TG 5061 0646 and TG 5063 0646) corresponds with a boundary depicted on Bradwell Tithe Map (S6), indicating that it was in use in the 19th century. The other drains are undated, but their generally linear or rectilinear pattern contrasts with the sinuous medieval to post medieval drains mapped in the vicinity (for example, NHER 43468 260m to the west) and a post medieval date for the site seems likely. Some of the drains on the southern side of the site may connect to possible ‘foot drains’ (see (S7)) in the adjacent fields to the south (part of NHER 43474). Some of the drains are visible on relatively recent aerial photographs of the site (S8) and may still survive as earthworks.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 4 April 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/694 4107-8 26-MAR-1944 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/17 3092-3 28-MAY-1944 (NMR).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/21 4039-40 04-JUL-1944 (NMR).
  • <S4> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1296 5212-4 26-MAR-1946 (NMR).
  • <S5> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1955. RAF 58/1674 (F21) 0328-9 04-MAR-1955 (NMR).
  • <S6> Map: Unattributed. 1842. Bradwell Tithe Map. 6 chains: 1 inch.
  • <S7> Monograph: Williamson, T.. 1997. The Norfolk Broads: A Landscape History.. p 7.
  • <S8> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89047 326-7 18-MAR-1989 (NMR).

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Apr 23 2019 9:28AM

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