NHER 25507 (Monument record) - Undated linear cropmarks

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Summary

A circular enclosure (possibly a ring ditch) with a linear feature cutting through it, a larger enclosure with a pit like feature within it and further linear features including a ditched feature that runs through the middle of the field can be seen on aerial photographs of this area. The large ditched feature may be an old field boundary.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG10NE
Civil Parish COLNEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Fieldwalking finds previous detailed here are now recorded under NHER 63110.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 November 2018.

2 July 1996. NLA air photography.
Cropmarks faintly visible amongst noisy geological background. A large ring ditch/circular enclosure is visible, with a linear cutting through the centre. A second, larger curvilinear enclosure is present, with a possible pit-like feature in the interior. However, these curvilinear features are likely to be geological in nature.
Two linear features can also be identified, plus a broader ditched feature along the middle of the field. This may be an old field boundary.
S. Massey (NLA), 26 July 2001.

July 2010. Norfolk NMP.
The majority of features visible on the aerial photographs (S1-S3) were considered to be geological, only two linear features have been mapped as archaeology. These are aligned northeast-southwest and run from TG 1825 0731 to TG 1810 0698. They are likely to be field boundaries or land division of some kind.
E. Bales (NMP), 20 July 2010.

June 2021. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of proposed development site.
This survey identified an extensive north-east to south-west aligned positive anomaly that clearly corresponds with the mapped cropmarks.
See report (S4) and NHER 65289 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 February 2022.

July 2021. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
A ditch associated with the two mapped cropmarks was encountered in four trenches, although unfortunately no finds were recovered from any of the excavated slots. Its pale, leached and sterile fill did though suggest it may have been of some antiquity.
Few other features were recorded which is confirmation that the majority of the initially recorded cropmarks were indeed of geological origin.
See report (S5) and NHER 65289 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 4 February 2022.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK 2063 6410-11 14-MAY-1947 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2111 5044-5 28-MAY-1947 (NMR).
  • <S3> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. NHER TG 1806A, 1807AC-AF (NLA 367/HYE9-14) 02-JUL-1996.
  • <S4> Unpublished Contractor Report: Jones, L. 2021. Geophysical Survey Report. Priscilla Bacon Hospice, Land off Colney Lane, Colney, Norfolk. Magnitude Surveys. MSTG969.
  • <S5> Unpublished Contractor Report: House, J. 2021. Priscilla Bacon Hospice, Land off Colney Lane, Colney, Norwich, Norfolk: A Programme of Post-Determination Archaeological Trial Trenching. Pre-Construct Archaeology. R14624.

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Record last edited

Feb 4 2022 3:30PM

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