NHER 43472 (Monument record) - Site of drain, probably post medieval, at Harfreys Industrial Estate, Southtown

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Summary

A disused drain, which probably dates to the post medieval period, is visible as an earthwork and vegetation marks on aerial photographs. It is not depicted on any of the consulted historic maps, but it runs between two boundaries shown on Southtown Tithe Map (1843) and like these boundaries it probably relates to the drainage of Southtown Marshes in the post medieval period. The site has since been built over and the earthwork presumably levelled.

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None recorded

Location

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

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April 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A disused drain is visible as an earthwork and vegetation marks on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), between TG 5163 0613 and TG 5165 0599. It was located between two boundaries depicted on Southtown Tithe Map (S3), and like these boundaries it was probably associated with the drainage of Southtown marshes in the post medieval period (discussed by (S4)). The site has since been built over (it is now occupied by Harfreys Industrial Estate and Boundary Road) and the earthwork presumably levelled.
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 (S5) for further details.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk County Council Environment Team), 22 March 2023.

Associated Sources (5)

<S1> SNF62418 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/14 2025-6 13-MAY-1944 (NMR).
<S2> SNF62419 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1965. MAL 65030 022-3 11-APR-1965 (NMR).
<S3> SNF60580 Map: Pratt. 1843. South Town otherwise Little Yarmouth with West Town Tithe Map. 1 inch to 5 chains.
<S4> SNF47509 Article in Serial: Allard, P.. 1999. Drainage of Southtown Marshes.. Yarmouth Archaeology. pp 22-6.
<S5> SNF102071 Unpublished Report: Tremlett, S. and Watkins, P. 2023.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 11:36AM