NHER 4447 (Monument record) - Probable medieval field system
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | RYSTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Undated field system shown on RAF vertical aerial photograph 1947.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
?Lazybeds or very narrow strips.
R. R. Clarke (NCM), 8 March 1958.
Long group of enclosures (with narrow strips at TL 634 996); almost certainly medieval, these features were destroyed with the construction of a 'cut-off' channel. The narrow strips centred at TL 6338 9961 are remnants of ridge and furrow.
Ordnance Survey Records.
R. J. Rickett (NAU), 29 March 1990
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF10378 Aerial Photograph: RAF. RAF 106 G/UK 1601 3085-3086.
- --- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Ryston (Roxham).
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 69 NW 12.
- <S1> SNF7666 Monograph: Phillips, C.W.. 1970. The Fenland in Roman Times: studies of a major area of peasant colonization with a Gazetteer covering all known sites and finds. 5, p.241. pp 241, 322.
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Record last edited
Aug 12 2025 9:07AM