NHER 58720 (Monument record) - Former earthworks of uncertain significance

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Summary

The former earthworks of a broad L-shaped pond or drain are visible on aerial photographs at Attleborough Hills. This broad ditch feeds into another broad linear gully depicted on the Ordnance Survey Second Edition map giving it the appearance of being an incomplete rectangular moated enclosure, although the archaeological significance of it is uncertain and it may relate to drainage.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM09NW
Civil Parish	ATTLEBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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February 2013. Norfolk NMP.
The former earthworks of a broad L-shaped pond or drain are visible on aerial photographs at Attleborough Hills (S1). The site is centred on TM 0344 9693. This broad ditch feeds into another broad linear gully depicted on the Ordnance Survey Second Edition map (S2), giving it the appearance of being an incomplete rectangular moated enclosure, although the archaeological significance of it is uncertain and it may relate to drainage.
S. Horlock (NMP), 01 February 2013.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF87305 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/101 6108-9 30-MAR-1946 (NMR).