NHER 57379 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of possible ditches
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM08NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | QUIDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
July 2012. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of possible ditches are visible on aerial photographs (S1) on land to the east of Snetterton airfield, in close proximity to a possible Bronze Age round barrow (NHER 10788, 57378). They are centred on TM 0149 8969, and it is possible that they represent a fragmentary possible enclosure, measuring approximately 70m by 120m.
The ditches are only very faintly visible on one set of photographs and have therefore been recorded with a note of caution, but since the land on which they show was marked as an area of heath on the Ordnance Survey 2nd edition map (S2), and is likely to have been only recently ploughed at the time of photography (S4), these features may have only been visible for a short time. Whilst trial trenches in the vicinity did not appear to record any archaeological features (NHER 35980) (S3), fieldwalking revealed neolithic flints and prehistoric pottery (S4) and geophysical survey of the area revealed further possible archaeological anomalies (S5).
E. Bales (NMP), 03 July 2012.
Associated Sources (5)
- <S1> SNF84301 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF FNO/26 1080 27-JAN-1942 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF73882 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey second edition 25 inch (1902-7) map. 25 inches to 1 mile.
- <S3> SNF66322 Unpublished Contractor Report: Gardner, R. V. 2001. A11 Borrow Pit, Quidenham, Norfolk. An Archaeological Evaluation (Trial Trenching). Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust.
- <S4> SNF66325 Unpublished Contractor Report: Murray, J. 2001. A11 Borrow Pit, Quidenham, Norfolk. An Archaeological Evaluation (Fieldwalking). Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust.
- <S5> SNF66328 Unpublished Contractor Report: Barker, P. P. and Mercer, E. J. F. 2001. A Report for Hertfordshire Archaeological Trust on a Geophysical Survey carried out at Snetterton, Norfolk. Stratascan.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jan 30 2026 1:24PM