NHER 53499 (Monument record) - Site of undated linear features of uncertain archaeological significance

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Summary

A rectilinear pattern of a bank (or track) and ditches, of unknown date and function, is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The orientation of the features is at odds with that of the modern field pattern, and with that depicted on historic maps, suggesting that it might relate to an earlier pattern of land division. However, the character of the cropmarks does not suggest they are of any great antiquity, and the possibility remains that they are instead modern features, perhaps related to the drainage of the field or the adjacent golf course to the north.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG10NW
Civil Parish	BARFORD, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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April 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A rectilinear pattern of a bank (or track) and ditches, of unknown date and function, is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TG 1028 0803. The orientation of the features is at odds with that of the modern field pattern, and with that depicted on historic maps, suggesting that it might relate to an earlier pattern of land division. However, the character of the cropmarks does not suggest they are of any great antiquity, and the possibility remains that they are instead modern features, perhaps related to the drainage of the field or the adjacent golf course to the north.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 22 April 2010.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF73889 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1992. OS/92336 272-3 11-JUN-1992.
<S2> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. XX-XXX-2006 Accessed 22-APR-2010.