NHER 26726 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible post medieval brick kiln; undated enclosure and ditches
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF64SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
January 2001. NMP
A slightly raised area of reddish soil is visible at TF 6947 4315 on 1971 aerial photographs (S1). Close to this feature, on 1944 aerial photographs (S2), traces of ditches can be seen as soilmarks. When superimposed onto the 18th century enclosure map (S3), these features can be seen to lie in and near a small field called 'Brick Kiln'. The 'ditch' features may represent parts of this earlier field boundary, as the small 'brick kiln' field has incorporated into a larger field by 1944. It is thus possible that these features represent the location of a post medieval brick kiln. A brick kiln is recorded at TF 6959 4334 (NHER 1281) on the basis of surface finds and documentary evidence. These sites may well be connected, or possibly even the same site.
A. Hunt (NMP), 23 January 2001.
August 2002. Norfolk NMP.
Additional ditched cropmarks visible on OS aerial photographs from 1967 (S4). At TF 6939 4320 is possible rectilinear enclosure, 60m by 30m. Although only part of the feature can be seen. It is possible that many of the linears that are visible within this site are related to drainage, as other fields in the near vicinity display a criss-cross array of drains.
S. Massey (NMP), 30 August 2002.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF51201 Aerial Photograph: Fairey Surveys. 1971. (Fairey Surveys) 7181 Frames 5686-5687 06-SEP-1971.
- <S2> SNF51202 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA 67 Frames 3136-3137 02-DEC-1944 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF51203 Map: 1765. Hunstanton, Old Hunstanton and part of Ringstead - Enclosure Map ?1765 NRO LeStrange H 1/1.
- <S4> SNF51535 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1967. OS/67069 091-2 26-APR-1967 (Norfolk SMR TF 6843C-D).
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Record last edited
Mar 14 2022 8:57AM