NHER 29576 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Probably post medieval earthworks
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG00SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Series of indistinct earthworks noted on vertical colour air photograph taken as part of NCC/BKS survey of November 1988.
Site located during NLA earthworks survey, February 1993.
M.Flitcroft (NLA), 15 March 1993.
10 March 1993.
Site visited in fieldwork phase, NLA earthwork survey.
Causeway, 0.4m high and up to 11m wide extends from the northeast corner of site, westsouthwest into adjacent field. One low (0.2m high) north to south bank extends north from this in the field to east.
In field to west, a flanking linear depression 9m wide and 0.3 deep is to the north of causeway. A series of shallow (0.2m) drainage ditches (brushwood) exists in this field, partly obliterated by spoil, and forming incomplete enclosures.
B.Cushion (NLA) March 1993.
Western field destroyed by excavation of fishing lakes in 1999 and 2000.
Information from District Council.
E. Rose (NLA), 8 August 2002.
Associated Sources (1)
- --- SNF10425 Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS/NCC 2360-1.
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Record last edited
Feb 9 2025 5:10PM