NHER 66808 (Monument record) - Post-medieval field boundaries and undated ditches and possible pits

November 2016. Desk-based Assessment.
Assessment of potential archaeological impact of large proposed development.
See report (S1) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 7 March 2023.

October 2021. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of part of large proposed development area (Area 15).
This survey identified a number of responses likely to represent infilled ditches, the most notable of which is a north-west to south-east aligned linear anomaly in the south-east corner of the field. This coincides with a cropmark visible on aerial photographs that is part of a group of dispersed, fragmentary features thought to potentially represent elements of an Iron Age to Roman field system (NHER 50726). It is possible that similarly-aligned anomalies in the north-east corner of the field represent remains of a similar age.
Several of the remaining linear anomalies clearly correspond with former field boundaries depicted on the Salhouse tithe map (S2). Other responses of note include to east-to-west aligned linear anomalies at the eastern end of the site. The westernmost of these was potentially associated with a group of linear cropmarks recorded immediately to the south (NHER 50724), although there was no evidence for sub-surface remains associated with the cropmarks themselves. It is though noted that these were potentially of geological rather than archaeological origin.
A number of weak discrete anomalies at the western end of the field are regarded as being of uncertain origin and may therefore represent archaeologically-significant remains, although a natural origin is also possible.
See report (S3) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 8 November 2023.

March 2022. Desk-based Assessment.
Updated archaeological assessment of large proposed development.
See report (S4) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 7 March 2023.