NHER 51954 (Monument record) - Cropmarks of possible medieval to post medieval enclosure ditches

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Summary

Possible medieval to post medieval enclosures, perhaps related to a former settlement site are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. These ditches correspond to the alignment of medieval to post medieval boundaries 40m to the east (NHER 51953), and may represent enclosures associated with the former settlement of Tukes Green, depicted on Faden’s 1797 Map of Norfolk. These features appear to overlie remnants of possible Late Iron Age to Roman features (NHER 52110).

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Map sheet	TG21SE
Civil Parish	GREAT AND LITTLE PLUMSTEAD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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November 2008. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of ditches on a north-south alignment are visible on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2) of the area, centred at TG 2954 1010 and TG 2964 1009. As these ditches appear to overlie the possible Iron Age to Roman features (NHER 52110) and share their alignment with the possible medieval to post medieval features 40m to the east (NHER 51953), they may date to the medieval to post medieval period.
This medieval to post medieval phase of the site includes an enclosure, which abuts the road, measuring at least 80m x 33m, with possible internal divisions. The features are reminiscent of the settlement site at Rackheath (NHER 50825) and, although situated slightly to the south, may represent part of the former settlement of Tukes Green represented on Faden’s 1797 Map of Norfolk (S3), or at least enclosures or paddocks associated with this settlement.
E. Bales (NMP), 28 November 2008.

August-October 2014. Strip Map and Sample Excavation.
Excavation on route of Postwick Overflow and Distribution Main pipeline (Area 2).
The narrow strip excavated coincided with the easternmost east-to-west aligned cropmark. This was found to correspond with an adjacent pair of ditches but unfortunately both were undated. The other features exposed also produced virtually no dating evidence (with only a single sherd of medieval pottery recovered).
See report (S4) and NHER 64832 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 April 2021.

Associated Sources (4)

<S1> SNF71502 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96248 0394-5 22-JUL-1996 (NMR).
<S2> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 08-SEP-2009.
<S3> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
<S4> SNF101076 Unpublished Contractor Report: Haskins, A. 2016. Strip, Map and Sample of the new Overflow and Distribution Main, Postwick, Norfolk. Oxford Archaeology East. 1971.