NHER 43473 (Monument record) - Possible post medieval drains east of Gapton Hall Road

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Summary

A fragmentary rectilinear ditch, visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs, may represent the remains of a post medieval agricultural drain. It is visible either side of the former East Suffolk railway line (NHER 13574) on a single aerial photograph take in 1976. It mirrors the pattern of enclosure depicted on 19th and 20th century maps, and is therefore likely to date to the post medieval period.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG50NW
Civil Parish BRADWELL, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

April 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A rectilinear ditch is visible as an intermittent cropmark on an aerial photograph (S1), centred around TG 5137 0588. It mirrors the pattern of enclosure depicted on 19th and 20th century maps, such as Bradwell Tithe Map (S2), and is therefore likely to also date to the post medieval period. It presumably pre-dates the East Suffolk railway (NHER 13574) which cuts across it. It probably marks the line of a field drain (whether a bush drain or tile drain), although it could have been an open ditch which also acted as a field boundary.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 4 April 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.

  • <S1> Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1976. CUCAP (BYJ13) 29-JUN-1976.
  • <S2> Map: Unattributed. 1842. Bradwell Tithe Map. 6 chains: 1 inch.
  • <S3> Unpublished Report: Tremlett, S. and Watkins, P. 2023. Assessment of the Character and Significance of East Anglian Field Systems.

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Record last edited

Mar 22 2023 11:30AM

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