NHER 43541 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of undated and post medieval field boundaries
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM38NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | EARSHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
April 2006. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of undated and possibly post medieval ditches are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S6). These cropmarks are centred on TM 3091 8830. The majority of the ditch cropmarks have a northwest to southeast and southwest to northeast alignment, comparable with that of the modern field pattern. Although none of the cropmarks correspond to boundaries marked on the 1812 Earsham enclosure map (S7) they are probably field boundaries of post medieval date. Other short sections of linear ditches are present in different alignments. One of these ditches crosses a cropmark of a Bronze Age ring ditch (NHER 43610). It is possible that these ditches are also field boundaries, but their date is unknown.
J. Albone (NMP), 12 April 2006
Associated Sources (7)
- <S1> SNF63103 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1983. NHER TM 3088A-B (NLA 135/ATD27-8) 21-JUL-1983.
- <S2> SNF13606 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1986. NHER TM 3088D-F (NLA 173/DAR14-6) 30-JUN-1986.
- <S3> SNF63104 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1989. NHER TM 3188C (NLA 233/DPK15) 04-JUL-1989.
- <S4> SNF63105 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1989. NHER TM 3188D-E (NLA 233/ DPL3-4) 04-JUL-1989.
- <S5> SNF63108 Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1970. CUCAP (BCB54-6) 16-JUN-1970.
- <S6> SNF63174 Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1989. CUCAP (CRG25) 28-JUN-1989.
- <S7> SNF62570 Map: Barnes, R. 1812. A Map of the Parish of Earsham in the County of Norfolk (Enclosure Map). 1 inch: 6 chains.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
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Record last edited
Nov 21 2025 2:24PM