NHER 54483 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of fragmentary undated ditches

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Summary

The cropmarks of fragmentary undated ditches are visible on aerial photographs to the north of Hall Lane, Drayton. The aerial photographs revealed a high density of geological cropmarks in this area and it was consequently hard to confidently identify archaeological features. A number of parallel linear marks, similar to those included within this site, were omitted from the mapping due to the likelihood that they were non-archaeological. It is also feasible that some of the features mapped are also of geological origin. Finds of a medieval date have been found within the vicinity of these cropmarks (NHER 25537 & 28586), although it is not clear whether any of the cropmarks relate to this period.

Protected Status/Designation

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Location

Map sheet	TG11SE
Civil Parish	DRAYTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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September 2010. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of fragmentary undated ditches are visible on aerial photographs to the north of Hall Lane, Drayton (S1-S3). The site is centred on TG 1859 1387. The aerial photographs revealed a high density of geological cropmarks in this area and it was consequently hard to confidently identify archaeological features. A number of parallel linear marks, similar to those included within this site, were omitted from the mapping due to the likelihood that they were non-archaeological. It is also feasible that some of the features mapped are also of geological origin. Finds of a medieval date have been found within the vicinity of these cropmarks (NHER 25537 & 28586), although it is not clear whether any of the cropmarks relate to this period.
S. Horlock (NMP), 07 September 2010.

September 2025. Record reviewed as part of the Forestry Commission Project K
Further to the features previously mapped by the NMP survey (see above), possible additional fragmentary undated ditches are also visible as cropmarks on Google Earth imagery from 2006 (S4).
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 10 September 2025

Associated Sources (4)

<S1> SNF77810 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1961. MAL/61500 95643-4 30-AUG-1961 (NMR).
<S2> SNF76350 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1987. OS/87150 420-1 11-SEP-1987 (NMR).
<S3> SNF77808 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1992. OS/92338 100-2 11-JUN-1992 (NMR).
<S4> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 10-SEP-2025.

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Record last edited

Sep 10 2025 12:45PM