NHER 21767 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of an undated double ditched enclosure
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | POSTWICK WITH WITTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
15 June 1976. At approximate grid ref.
'Cropmarks' noted on Cambridge University Committee for Aerial Photograph's list of aerial photographs.
E. Rose (NAU), 9 October 1985.
27 November 1985. Cambridge University Committee for Aerial Photograph's reference numbers BXH 34 and 35 examined by D. Edwards. Reported cropmarks listed above found to be of a double-ditched enclosure, the inner one of which is not concentric with the outer, and possibly represents second phase of use, plus adjacent linear features.
D. Edwards (NAU), 6 December 1985
Checked and grid reference confirmed by E. Rose (NAU), 2 September 1987.
April 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The double-ditched enclosure described above is visible on a number of aerial photographs (S1)-(S6), centred on TG 2917 0807. It is of unknown date, but may represent activity during the Late Prehistoric period, and is situated close to a large scatter of Neolithic flints (NHER 22030).
There are no visible remains of internal features within the enclosure, except for two possible pits, centred on TG 2918 0808, which measure up to 2m in diameter. It is possible, however, that these features are geological in origin.
The enclosure lies to the east of a number of linear features, and appears to be overlain by at least one of these, which runs roughly east-west from TG 2921 0804 to TG 2908 0806, where it joins a northeast-southwest ditch, which probably represents a field boundary, which may date to the Iron Age-Roman period, or later, the medieval to post medieval period.
E. Bales (NMP), 7 April 2009.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF71930 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1964. OS/64206 022-3 22-SEP-1964 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF71931 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D, NLA. 1973. NHER TG2908 A-B 15-JUN-1973.
- <S3> SNF71933 Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1976. CUCAP (BXH34-5) 15-JUN-1976.
- <S4> SNF71774 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1976. MAL 76045 086-8 22-JUN-1976 (NMR).
- <S5> SNF67942 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1976. MAL 76053 161 29-JUN-1976 (NMR).
- <S6> SNF71934 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96248 349-50 22-JUL-1996 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (17)
- DITCH (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- DOUBLE DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- FIELD BOUNDARY? (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- PIT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- DITCH (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
- FIELD BOUNDARY? (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
- PIT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- DOUBLE DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Unknown date)
- PIT (Unknown date)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- PIT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
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Record last edited
Dec 2 2024 3:51PM