NHER 62021 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible linear features of unknown, possibly post-medieval date

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Summary

Linear banks and ditches, perhaps of post-medieval date, are faintly visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and imagery from a recent lidar survey. Their interpretation as archaeological features is uncertain, but they could feasibly represent post-medieval (or earlier) boundaries. Their orientation conforms with boundaries depicted on 19th-century maps.

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Map sheet	TL88NW
Civil Parish	WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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April 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
Linear banks and ditches, perhaps of post-medieval date, are faintly visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S1) and imagery from a recent lidar survey (S2). Their interpretation as archaeological features is uncertain, but they could feasibly represent post-medieval (or earlier) boundaries. Their orientation is either the same as or perpendicular to a boundary depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch map (S3), suggesting they are contemporary.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 5 April 2017.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF94127 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. OS/93400 V 007-008 24-SEP-1993 (HEA Original Print).
<S2> SNF94129 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Santon Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).
<S3> SNF53293 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560.