NHER 39046 (Monument record) - Cropmarks of medieval to post medieval field boundaries

December 2004. Norfolk NMP.
Post-medieval field boundaries are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1). Those that have been mapped by the NMP are principally centred at TG 2930 3525, but are also visible at TG 2952 3538. Further field boundaries are visible on the same photographs but have not been mapped as they are depicted on historic Ordnance Survey maps (e.g. S2). The fact that the field boundaries mapped by the NMP fit into the pattern of enclosure depicted on such maps indicates that they are likely to have been extant in the post-medieval period, although they had been removed by 1839 (S3). At the same time, the sinuous outline of these ditches, and of certain of the field boundaries depicted on the historic maps, suggests that elements of the post-medieval pattern may have originated in the medieval period.
(S1-3)
S. Tremlett (NMP), 7 December 2004.