NHER 34563 (Monument record) - Undated ditches/watermeadow, Brick-kiln Covert

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Summary

A visit to this site in 1999 noted a system of well-preserved ditches, with several widely spaced parallel ditches and others linking them. The ditches were low-lying and adjacent to a watercourse, so were possibly for control of water or the drainage of a watermeadow.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL99SW
Civil Parish WRETHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

23 June 1999. Site visit. Forest enterprise plantation, compartment 9081.
System of well-preserved ditches,with several widely spaced parallel ditches and others linking them. Low-lying and adjacent to watercourse, so possibly for control of water or drainage of watermeadow.
To be investigated.
D. Gurney (NLA) 24 June 1999.

July 1999. Field Observation.
Sketch survey at 1:2500.
Area of 1ha.
See report (S1) for further details.
B. Cushion (NLA) 12 July 1999.

  • <S1> Unpublished Report: Cushion, B. 1999. Wretham SMR 34563. Earthwork Survey Report.

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Record last edited

Apr 16 2015 5:12PM

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