NHER 68241 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of possible rectilinear enclosures of unknown, perhaps prehistoric, date

April 2024. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project (volunteer strand).
Two conjoined rectilinear enclosures, of unknown but possible prehistoric date, are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1-S3). The cropmarks are fragmentary and rather faint, but appear to show a larger rectilinear enclosure adjacent to and overlapping the northeast side of a more clearly visible ring ditch (NHER 11697); the latter is interpreted as the site of a Bronze Age round barrow. A smaller rectilinear enclosure appears to be attached to the northeast end of the larger enclosure. Both are overlain by the cropmark of a square enclosure of unknown date and function (NHER 49691). The chronology and relationships between the three sites are enigmatic, but the faint and diffuse nature of the cropmarks of the two rectilinear enclosures could indicate that they are the earliest element. Several phases of activity have been recorded across the wider area (NHER 41949).
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 25 April 2024.