NHER 52120 (Monument record) - Rectilinear ditches, possible practice or slit trenches
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
June 2009. Norfolk NMP.
Rectilinear ditches cut into the north bank of the river Yare are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S1), centred on TG 2519 0804.
They measure up to 14m in length, and 1.2m in width, and are arranged alternately orientated northwest-southeast, then northeast-southwest. They look fresh, and therefore fairly recent, and were possibly used as part of military training during World War Two, but may have fulfilled some sort of fishing or transport use related to the river.
The presence of a possible World War Two military structure with a blast wall, 150m to the southwest (NHER 52119), makes a military function seem more probable.
E. Bales (NMP), 01 June 2009.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF71884 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1143 5042-3 29-JAN-1946 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 15 2009 4:46PM