NHER 53694 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Substantial field and/or parish boundary of probable medieval date

June 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A substantial, sinuous field and/or parish boundary, of probable medieval date, is visible as a soil- and cropmark on aerial photographs (S1)-(S5), between TG 1479 0721 and TG 1457 0669. It partly coincides with the parish boundary between Great and Little Melton. Less substantial ditched boundaries orientated parallel and perpendicular to it are probably contemporary minor field boundaries, established when the principal boundary was still in use even if some time after its initial construction. The site overlaps with a group of possibly earlier field boundaries (NHER 53693) which follow a different orientation.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 20 June 2010.

November 2021-March 2022. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of site on proposed route of Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm onshore cable.
This survey revealed no evidence for surviving sub-surface remains associated with the northernmost part of this feature.
See NHER 66350 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 August 2026.

February-June 2022. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of site on proposed route of Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm onshore cable.
One of the trenches excavated at this location revealed a similarly-aligned ditch on line of this feature, although this was potentially coincidental. This ditch produced no dating evidence, although it was found to contain a single human metatarsal.
See NHER 66350 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 16 August 2026.