NHER 9923 (Monument record) - Cropmarks of an undated drainage ditch

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Summary

An old map shows a U-shaped cropmark here. Aerial photographs taken by the RAF in 1946 show that it appears to be part of a drainage ditch which once connected a pond to a dyke.

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Map sheet TG20SE
Civil Parish PORINGLAND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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U-shaped cropmark drawn on old 6in map NCM.
E. Rose (NAU/NLA).

The feature appears on the 1946 RAF air photography (S1) and appears to be part of a drainage ditch, since removed, connecting a pond to a dyke though its semi-circular shape is unexplained.
E. Rose (NLA) 7 October 1996.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Poringland.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Aerial Photograph: RAF. RAF 106/G/WIL/1429.

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Record last edited

Sep 29 2025 8:45AM

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