NHER 52452 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of medieval to post medieval field boundary ditches
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG11NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HORSFORD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
November 2009. Norfolk NMP.
Linear ditches, partly corresponding to field boundaries, are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1)-(S5).
They are aligned roughly south southeast-north northwest, and stretch from TG 1915 1728 to TG 1904 1777, bisected by the east-west road, Green Lane, Horsford.
The northern-most linear feature is clearly visible on the Tithe Map of 1841 (S6), and there appears to be more than one phase of this ditch, as a fainter one is visible for at least half the length of the more defined ditch feature.
Both these ditches have been dated to the medieval to post medieval period.
E. Bales (NMP), November 2009.
Associated Sources (6)
- <S1> SNF72549 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1955. RAF 540/1723 (F21) 0121-2 04-OCT-1955 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF72550 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1990. OS/90224 201-2 31-JUL-1990 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF72479 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1990. OS/90224 203-4 31-JUL-1990 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF72524 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1997. CUCAP ZNA 076-7 15-May-1997 (CUCAP).
- <S5> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 18-NOV-2009.
- <S6> SNF67289 Map: Wright, R. 1841. Horsford tithe map.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Mar 13 2026 12:37PM