NHER 65894 (Monument record) - Post-medieval and undated ditches

May 2020-January 2021. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of site on proposed route of onshore cable for Norfolk Vanguard and Boreas Offshore Wind Farms (Area F138).
This survey identified a group of north-to-south and east-to-west aligned linear anomalies, all of which are likely to represent infilled ditches. Two of the north-to-south aligned anomalies correspond with former field boundaries depicted on the Blickling tithe map and it is probable the other features were of a broadly similar date – most likely representing lost elements of the same field system.
A number of scattered discrete dipolar anomalies are likely to represent ferrous objects on or close to the surface (most likely modern debris). The remaining discrete anomalies are all of probable geological origin.
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 30 September 2024.

October 2020-June 2021. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of site on proposed route of onshore cable for Norfolk Vanguard and Boreas Offshore Wind Farms (Area F138; Trenches 470-474).
The five trenches excavated at location uncovered a number of ditches, the majority of which were north-to-south and east-to-west aligned features that corresponded with the linear anomalies identified by the preceding geophysical survey. Dating evidence was limited to a single post-medieval brick fragment, which came from one of the north-to-south aligned features associated with a former field boundary depicted on 19th-century maps.
The only features that had not been identified by the geophysical survey were two north-west to south-east aligned ditches uncovered in the westernmost trench. Neither produced any dating evidence.
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 30 September 2024.