NHER 53699 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of uncertain origin

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Summary

The soilmarks of possible buried walls of uncertain date and origin may be visible on aerial photographs to the east of Alderford Common, Swannington. The site consists of two sets of parallel light-coloured linear marks seemingly forming an elongated enclosed or walled area. The archaeological origin and significance of these possible cropmarks is extremely uncertain and it may be that they relate to relatively recent agricultural activity or small scale extraction within the field, with the apparent lighter coloured ‘wall’ reflecting the edge of an extraction cut for example.

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Map sheet	TG11NW
Civil Parish	SWANNINGTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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June 2010. Norfolk NMP.
The soilmarks of possible buried walls of uncertain date and origin may be visible on aerial photographs to the east of Alderford Common, Swannington (S1). The site is centred on TG 1325 1822. The site consists of two sets of parallel light-coloured linear marks seemingly forming an elongated enclosed or walled area, 30m by 5m. The archaeological origin and significance of these possible cropmarks is extremely uncertain and it may be that they relate to relatively recent agricultural activity or small scale extraction within the field, with the apparent lighter coloured ‘wall’ reflecting the edge of an extraction cut for example.
S. Horlock (NMP), 25 June 2010.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF77841 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1428 3111-2 16-APR-1946 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Apr 16 2025 3:52PM