NHER 52423 (Monument record) - Cropmarks of undated fragmentary linear and possible pit features

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Summary

A sub-rectangular enclosure is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs on an area of cultivated ground to the south of Botany Bay, Horsford. This may relate to the ‘Warren House' depicted in this area on Faden's 1797 Map of Norfolk.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG11NE
Civil Parish HORSFORD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

November 2009. Norfolk NMP.
A sub-rectangular enclosure is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (S1)-(S5) on an area of cultivated ground to the south of Botany Bay, Horsford.
The enclosure is centred on TG 1951 1876, and measures 13.4m by 16.8m internally (17.3m by 20.3m externally). The ditch itself varies in width from 1 to 2m, and the enclosure appears to exhibit a possible entrance of at least 2.3m on its south-western side, at TG 1950 1876.
It is possible that it is related to Horsford Warren House, which is marked on Faden’s 1797 map (S6). The enclosure observed nearby (NHER 52410) may relate to the warren itself, and this cropmark is very similar in tone and appearance, indicating that it may be a contemporary feature.
E. Bales (NMP), November 2009.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1976. MAL 76053 145 29-JUN-1976 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1990. OS/90224 204-5 31-JUL-1990 (NMR).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1990. OS/90224 271-2 31-JUL-1990 (NMR).
  • <S4> Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1997. CUCAP ZNA 076-7 15-May-1997 (CUCAP).
  • <S5> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 18-NOV-2009.
  • <S6> Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.

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Sep 23 2020 2:25PM

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