NHER 44935 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of undated trackway and/or boundary

October 2006. Norfolk NMP.
An undated trackway and/or boundary is visible as cropmarks, soilmarks and perhaps slight earthworks on aerial photographs (S1)-(S3). The site consists of an alignment of bank and ditch fragments visible between TG 4141 1494 and TG 4183 1528. Its northeast-to-southwest alignment is similar to that of various sections of a different trackway visible to the northeast (NHER 44897 and 44898). While parts of this other trackway are depicted on late 18th and 19th century maps, its relationship with a number of prehistoric funerary monuments in the area suggests it may have originated in an earlier period, possibly during the Iron Age. A similar date might be plausible for the site described here, but the general character of the crop and soilmarks suggests that again it remained in use until relatively recently. More minor banks and ditches visible at its northeast end may be contemporary features. At the same time, it should be noted that none of the mapped features is of certain archaeological origin; parts of the site may instead be the product of recent agricultural activity or of natural origin.

None of the features is visible as an earthwork on the most recent aerial photographs of the site (S3).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 26 October 2006.