NHER 45079 (Monument record) - Probable site of peat or clay extraction
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG41NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LUDHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
September 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A probable area of former peat or clay extraction is visible as a cropmark and slight earthwork on aerial photographs (S1)-(S3), centred at TG 4016 1745. Both peat and clay are present in this part of the Thurne Valley (see Williamson 1997 (S4), for example), and the site could reflect the extraction of either material. If it represents a former peat cutting, it is presumably of medieval date. Alternatively, the mapped feature could instead be of natural or agricultural origin, although the uniform tone of the cropmark and its regular, clearly defined edges would suggest otherwise. Whether the site still survives as an earthwork is not known.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 26 September 2006.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF65481 Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC277 5018-9 18-APR-1944 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF65482 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 1019-20 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TG 4016B-C).
- <S3> SNF65483 Vertical Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1980. CUCAP RC8DJ051 23-JAN-1980 (CUCAP).
- <S4> SNF52439 Monograph: Williamson, T.. 1997. The Norfolk Broads: A Landscape History.. p 13; Fig 3.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (0)
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Record last edited
Jun 29 2018 11:27AM