NHER 53683 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of undated ditches and former field boundaries

June 2010. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of undated ditches and former field boundaries are visible to the south of Church Farm, Honingham (S1-S3). The site is centred on TG 1173 1098. The site consists of a series of fragmentary ditches, which are likely to represent former field boundaries of unknown date. A number of the ditches run broadly parallel and perpendicular to one another and are likely to represent fragments of a field system. Finds of Neolithic to late Bronze Age, Middle Saxon to medieval date have been found within the general vicinity of the cropmarks (NHER 20008 & 36671) and it is feasible that some of the fields and boundaries date to these periods, although this is uncertain. The extent of the site has been extended to the south to include the location of a possible ditch visible on (S3), which was not mapped due to some uncertainty over its origin, but may well be archaeological.
S. Horlock (NMP), 08 June 2010.

November 2019-February 2020. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of land on route of proposed North Tuddenham to Easton A47 Improvement Works.
All of the fragmentary cropmarks in this group fell within the area examined by this extensive survey. None were associated with evidence for surviving sub-surface remains.
See NHERs 65206, 65207, 65208 and 65212 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2022.

July-October 2020. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of land on route of proposed North Tuddenham to Easton A47 Improvement Works.
This phase of work saw the excavation of trenches across multiple cropmarks in this group. There was again no evidence for surviving sub-surface remains.
See report (S4) and NHERs 65206, 65207, 65208 and 65212 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2022.