NHER 63063 (Monument record) - Multiple ditches of unknown date – possibly relating to boundaries and trackways

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Summary

Multiple ditches of unknown date are seen as cropmarks on aerial photographs. There are three ditches running through the centre of the area which are aligned approximately north-south and have been tentatively interpreted as a possible multiple-ditched Iron Age boundary. However this interpretation is uncertain and this triple ditched feature may relate to a possible trackway or possibly rabbit warring features. Further to this there is a possible trackway and further single ditches which may relate to a possible medieval manor to the east (NHER 4831), former boundaries, modern agriculture or drainage.

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Map sheet	TL79NE
Civil Parish	NORTHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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January 2019. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
Multiple ditches of unknown date are seen as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1-S3). There are three ditches running through the centre of the area which are aligned approximately north-south and have been tentatively interpreted as a possible multiple-ditched Iron Age boundary. However this interpretation is uncertain and this triple ditched feature may relate to a possible trackway or possibly rabbit warrening features. Further to this there is a possible trackway align approximately east-west (centred at TL 7607 9650) and further single ditches aligned approx. north-south (centred at TL 7610 9639) and east-west (centred at TL 7606 9627) which may relate to a possible medieval manor to the east (NHER 4831), former boundaries, agriculture or drainage.
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 14 January 2019

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF94127 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/106G/UK/1634 FP 1178-1179 09-JUL-1946 (HEA Original Print).
<S2> SNF94127 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. Norfolk County Council MAL 469 16708-16707 03-APR-1960 (Print).
<S3> SNF94127 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 11-SEP-2006 ACCESSED 14-JAN-2019 (Digital).

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Record last edited

Apr 16 2021 9:03AM