NHER 18901 (Monument record) - Undated sub-rectangular ditched enclosure
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG21SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SPROWSTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
30 July 1979. Aerial photography by Aerial Archaeology Foundation.
Positive cropmarks.
Peculiar ditched, sub-rectangular enclosure.
East-to-west axis.
Wider at east end than west.
Compiled by D. Edwards (NAU), 28 January 1983.
April 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A sub-rectangular enclosure and two linear ditches are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1).
The enclosure is centred on TG 2495 1336, and measures 80m by a maximum of 43m, being wider at its eastern end than the west, as described above. It is oriented northwest-southeast, and appears to exhibit a possible entrance, or extension, at its north-western end. This feature may date to the Early Iron Age-Roman period, and is roughly on the same alignment as the Roman marching camp identified 1.5km to the west (NHER 16451), but it may equally date to the late Saxon, or medieval-post medieval period, as there are a number of finds recovered from the vicinity that date to these periods (NHER 33114, 41878).
Two parallel linear ditches are also visible, to the north and south of this enclosure, but it is likely that these relate to medieval to post medieval land division as they are parallel to the field edges and the parish boundary.
E. Bales (NMP), April 2010.
See (S2) for additional aerial photographs.
H. Hamilton (HES), 22 August 2013.
Associated Sources (3)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (7)
- ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- ENCLOSURE (Late Saxon - 851 AD? to 1065 AD?)
- ENCLOSURE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
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Record last edited
Jun 7 2017 10:42AM