NHER 50785 (Monument record) - Site of possible field boundaries of probable post medieval date

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Summary

A group of linear ditches, visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs, may represent field boundaries of post medieval date. The cropmarks are relatively well defined, and in broad terms conform to the modern pattern of enclosure (and that depicted on 19th and 20th century maps). The possibility, however, that they are instead of relatively modern, agricultural origin cannot be ruled out.

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Location

Map sheet	TG21NE
Civil Parish	FRETTENHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	HORSTEAD WITH STANNINGHALL, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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January 2008. Norfolk NMP.
A group of linear ditches is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TG 2536 1876. They probably represent field boundaries of post medieval date, as the cropmarks are relatively well defined, and in broad terms they conform to the modern pattern of enclosure (and that depicted on 19th and 20th century maps). The possibility, however, that they are instead of relatively modern, agricultural origin cannot be ruled out; they could, for example, relate to recent vehicle tracks or modern land drains.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 14 January 2008.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF69482 Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS. 1988. BKS 0370-1 06-AUG-1988 (NCC 3483-4).
<S2> SNF69483 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1990. OS/90224 213-4 31-JUL-1990 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Jul 12 2017 4:21PM