NHER 54424 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible medieval to post medieval earthwork enclosure and field boundary ditches

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Summary

A possible medieval to post medieval earthwork enclosure and linear field boundary ditches are visible on aerial photographs to the east of Colney Lane.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG10NE
Civil Parish COLNEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

July 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A possible medieval to post medieval earthwork enclosure and linear field boundary ditches are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S5) to the east of Colney Lane.
The possible enclosure measures 34m by at least 32m externally and is centred on TG1834 0763. It appears to exhibit at least one internal ditch feature, although this was difficult to interpret, and is attached to a possible field boundary ditch which extends to the southwest as far as TG 1830 0751.
There are also several ditch features visible to the east, centred on TG 1849 0760, surrounded by linear banks, which may relate to medieval to post medieval drainage of the area.
E. Bales (NMP), 20 July 2010.

February 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
The medieval to post medieval enclosure (see above) is visible as a low earthwork on visualised lidar data from a survey flown in 2021 (S6). The enclosure and field boundaries are also visible on several years of Google Earth imagery, most notably in 2022 (S7).
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 03 February 2026

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1307 7085-6 26-MAR-46 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1606 2077-8 27-JUN-1946 (NMR).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 58/695 5130-1 26-MAY-1951 (NMR).
  • <S4> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1964. OS/64206 034-5 22-SEPT-1964 (NMR).
  • <S5> Vertical Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1975. CUCAP (BWA74) 08-SEPT-1975.
  • <S6> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TG10NE DTM 1m 02-DEC-2021 TO 06-DEC-2021.
  • <S7> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 14-JUL-2022 Accessed 03-FEB-2026.

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Record last edited

Feb 3 2026 2:37PM

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