NHER 49370 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of a rectilinear enclosure, linear ditches and a probably quarry or pond, of probable medieval to post medieval date

April 2007. Norfolk NMP
Cropmarks of a rectilinear enclosure, linear ditches and a large pit of medieval to post medieval date are visible on aerial photographs (S1). These cropmarks are centred on TG 4140 0879 and were previously recorded as part of NHER 11817. Cropmarks of an incomplete rectilinear enclosure are present on a roughly southwest to northeast alignment. The enclosure is defined by a narrow ditch and measures 39m wide by 71m long. Further to the north ditch cropmarks on a similar and perpendicular alignment to the enclosure may be related to it. A possible second rectilinear enclosure is also present among these, but is too incomplete for its full form and dimensions to be determined. The main enclosure cropmark is crossed by a north to south aligned linear ditch and a sub rectangular pit, possibly a quarry, of unknown date. It is possible that the enclosure and related cropmarks are of medieval to post medieval date and finds of this date and they may relate to a precursor of Staithe Farm to the south. Finds of this period have been recorded at the site (NHER 11817). It is unlikely that any of the mapped cropmarks relate directly to a building as previously suggested in NHER 11817.
J. Albone (NMP), 30 April 2007.

August 2021. Broads Hidden Heritage: Aerial Perspectives.
Some of the cropmarks described above are visible on Google Earth aerial photographs from 2006 (S2). Additional linear boundaries are also visible, primarily in the northwest corner of the field; the Monument polygon defining the extent of the site has been expanded to include these. An alternative interpretation for the quarry pit is that it is a man-made pond. Linear cropmarks visible on the Google Earth imagery almost seem to enclose it. A slight depression visible at this location on visualised lidar data from a survey flown in 2017-18 (S3) suggests that the pond or quarry may still survive as a slight earthwork.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk County Council, Historic Environment Service), 19 August 2021.