NHER 22958 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Undated building or enclosure

29 July 1986.
NAU Air Photography. Flight 184.
Negative cropmarks, located just above 50 foot contour. Square outline of buried foundations/walls, with possible entrance to west and trace (on south) of posssible internal square arrangement.
No finds known from site.
Possible Romano-Celtic temple?
D. Edwards,(NAU) 1 October 1986.

Reference (S1), quoted in guide book to the church (NHER 6915), says that there were pre 1842 'not far from Bacton Church' ruined walls similar to the remains of Bromholm Priory. Suggesetd as a ruined castle of William de Glanville, but admits there is no other record of such a structure.
E. Rose (NLA), 1 Decemebr 2001.

December 2004. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a rectangular building or enclosure of unknown date is visible on aerial photographs (S2). The grid reference for this cropmark has been adjusted from TG 3377 3373 to TG 3380 3374. A rectangular cropmark, possibly defining the walls of a building, is visible. It measures just under 10m west to east and just over 8.5m north to south. A slightly diagonal north to south linear cropmark separates off the eastern third of the rectangle. A second north to south aligned linear cropmark is located in the western part of the rectangle. These two features appear to be the
‘internal square arrangement’ referred to above. Gaps in the outer ditch or wall cropmark, probably entrances are present on the west and east sides of the rectangle. Two gaps are also present in the eastern internal linear cropmark. Faint linear cropmarks suggest that the rectangle, may be part of a larger feature, which extends to the east. However, these cropmarks were too faint to map. It is possible that this cropmark represents the walls of a building of unknown date. Whilst it is possible that it is of Roman date, there is no conclusive evidence to suggest that it is a temple. No buildings are marked at this location on the Bacton enclosure, tithe or later maps, indicating a pre-19th century date (S2-3).
(S1-3)
J. Albone (NMP), 21 December 2004