NHER 18102 (Negative evidence record) - Modern cropmarks
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF61NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LEZIATE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
10 August 1981. NAU air photography.
Cropmarks.
Possible destroyed motte and bailey castle.
D. Edwards (NAU) 19 April 1982.
8 August 1985. Site visit by A. Rogerson (NAU) and A. Gregory (NAU).
Area under barley.
Area of soilmark clearly shows as isolated hill.
Perhaps 15m high, with the enclosure running around its side or base.
1:2500 plot in hanging file.
A. Gregory (NAU) 9 August 1985.
13 to 22 November 1985. Excavation.
Excavation in advance of sand quarrying.
On sandy Leziate beds of Sandringham series.
Soilmarks shown to be result of ploughing removing the 'A' horizon from upper part of hillock and exposing dark mottled ferri-humic horizon beneath a little distance down the slopes all round, hence the marks.
See (S1).
J. Wymer (NAU) March 1986.
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Record last edited
Jul 17 2023 3:58PM