NHER 2865 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible post-medieval animal houses
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DEREHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
June 1964.
Two ring ditches seen by [1].
Noted on (S1).
1968. Excavation.
Northern one excavated by [1].
Post medieval polygonal piggery.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
See (S1) where claims four ring ditches and says pre 1815. Open sided shed excavated.
E. Rose (NLA).
These first two 'ring ditches' are in fact shown on (S2) as ditches encircling clumps of trees. This seems to make the piggery unlikely. Did the excavator mark the correct site? (S3) gives no map but says they cut into the ridge and furrow which is shown some way away on (S4). The identification is in any case given as very tenuous.
E. Rose (NLA), 25 February 1998.
March 2024. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
Two ring ditches are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs (S5) at this approximate location, and have been recorded individually as NHER 68078-9. They correspond with tree clumps depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch map (S6) and probably the same as the ‘first two’ ring ditches described above.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 8 March 2024.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF11365 Aerial Photograph: TF 9812E.
- --- SNF89829 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Dereham.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 91 SE 25.
- <S2> SNF52733 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-1907. Ordnance Survey Map. 25 inch to the mile. Second Edition. 1:2500.
- <S3> SNF7693 Article in Serial: Moorhouse, S. 1972. Post-Medieval Britain in 1970. Post-Medieval Archaeology. Vol 5 (for 1971) pp 197-222. pp 209-210.
- <S4> SNF52555 Map: NCM. NCM Record Map.
- <S5> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/100 V 5429-5430 30-MAR-1946.
- <S6> SNF53293 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Nov 23 2025 11:00AM