NHER 50412 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Undated banks

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Summary

A series of low banks were recorded in this area during a field visit in 1993 and are visible in visualised lidar captured in 2021. The nature of these banks is uncertain. The ground survey indicated that they may have formed several indistinct enclosures, but they are more likely the remains of former field boundaries or drains.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG33SW
Civil Parish WITTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

February 1993. Field Visit.
Series of low banks, 0.2 - 0.3metres high, up to 2metres spread, forming incomplete enclosures. Possible remnants of earlier boundaries, but drains seem more appropriate in this area (The field to the south has apparent ridge and furrow but this is less than 15 years old and due to difficult ploughing conditions). Visible on (S1). Visited as part of the earthworks survey conducted by B. Cushion, February 1993.
E. Rose (NLA), 2007

January 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
Three east-west banks are visible on vidualised lidar imagery captured in 2021 (S2). Located in the sourthernmost field, these are oriented roughly at the same alignment as the northern field boundary and are likely the earthworks noted in 2007. Their indistinct nature indicates that they are more likely the result of modern drainage than remnants of earlier boundaries or ridge and furrow.
Two north-south banks are also visible in the lidar (S2) in the northern fields covered by this record, located at TG 34673 33547 - TG 34676 30486 and TG 34666 30474 - TG 34664 30446. These may be pre-19th century field boundaries.
H. Hamilton (HES), 19 January 2026.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS. 1988. BKS (NCC 4765-6).
  • <S2> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TG33SW DTM 1m 11-DEC-2021 TO 11-DEC-2021.

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2026 4:50PM

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