NHER 31606 (Monument record) - Cropmarks of medieval ditched enclosure/toft
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF94SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WIGHTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1970. Ordnance Survey aerial photograph.
Cropmark of ditched subrectangular enclosure linked by leat to earlier watercourse. Possible entrance to north, broad cropmark of possible depression to east.
1995. Arable land with slight suggestion of depressions indicating some of ditches, but crop too dense to give overall view.
Pottery from interior of enclosure.
Two glazed Grimston.
Three unglazed medieval.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NLA).
B. Cushion (NLA) October 1995.
October 2002. Norfolk NMP.
There appear to be a series of ditches forming at least part of a possible rectilinear enclosure with potential internal divisions. These features are visible on 1946 RAF (S1) and 1970 Ordnance Survey (S2) aerial photographs. On the RAF images they appear to be slight ditches (earthwork), but on the Ordnance Survey aerial photographs they seem to be cropmarks. The site is centred at around NGR TF9436 4026. It is approximately 50m x 40m in size. The date and origin of these features are uncertain (though a medieval date has previously been suggested).
H. Clare (NMP) 11 October 2002.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- TOFT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOFT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Object Types (1)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Jun 8 2020 6:50PM