NHER 52047 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible undated pit alignment and linear features

April 2009. Norfolk NMP.
A number of pits and linear features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1), centred on TG 2926 0846. The pits are sub circular in shape and range in diameter from 0.4m to 2.8m. They appear to form two lines of east-west aligned pits, with other, less regular pit features to the south. Pit alignments are often part of prehistoric linear boundaries (S2), such as those recorded just over 100m to the south (NHER 52042), and in other parts of Norfolk (NHER 27784).

It is also possible that the pits could represent a cluster of uprooted trees along an undated boundary. There are, however, a significant number of geological features visible in this area, and it is also possible that some of these features may be geological, rather than archaeological, in nature.

Fragmentary north-south linear features were also visible to the east of the pit features, at TG 2931 0846 and TG2935 0847, and these may relate to the possible field boundaries recorded to the north (NHER 52038).
E. Bales (NMP), 7 April 2009.