NHER 38586 (Monument record) - Cropmarks of medieval or post medieval field boundary bank or trackway

April 2004. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of a possible road or field boundary bank of medieval to post medieval date are visible on aerial photographs (S1). An L-shaped linear feature is present as a negative cropmark to the northwest of Cart Gap Road with two isolated linear features extending to its northwest. The L-shaped feature continues the pattern of field boundaries present to the southeast of Cart Gap Road on the tithe and first edition 25in Ordnance Survey maps ((S2) and (S3)). The northwest to southeast arm of the L-shaped feature aligns with a track or road shown on the historic maps to the southeast of the modern road, with its northeast to southwest arm possible aligned with a track at TG39472961. It is likely that these negative cropmarks represent a continuation of the metalled or compacted surface of these roads or tracks or at least a field boundary bank. The absence of this field boundary pattern to the northwest of Cart Gap Road on the 1834 tithe map (S2) suggests that it had been removed by that date. The modern Cart Gap Road was called 'Old Cart Gap Lane' at that time.
J. Albone (NMP), 5 April 2004.