NHER 38329 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Undated banks and ditches
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG14SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | RUNTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
September 2003. Norfolk NMP.
Some slight earthwork features - banks and ditches - are visible on the eastern edge of Top Common, East Runton. These can be seen on RAF aerial photographs from 1946 (S1) and Ordnance Survey aerial photographs from 1989 (S2). Although they are clearer on the RAF images they are definitely still evident on the Ordnance Survey ones too. The site is centred on NGR TG1970 4207. Only the clearest/definite features have been plotted. There are other potential earthworks in the area of Top Common, which were too indistinct to map.
The origin of these features is uncertain. They look a little like house platforms, and it is possible that they are the remains of medieval tofts and crofts. However, it is also possible that this is somehow connected to more recent drainage as there are channels/drains running around the edge of Top Common to feed the pond in the northeast corner.
H. Clare (NMP) 19 September 2003.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF101603 Correspondence: Cushion, B. 2016. Email communication between B. Cushion and A. Yardy regarding finds and earthworks in Runton.. 21 March 2016 to 20 April 2016.
- <S1> SNF55180 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF CPE/UK/1910 4012-3 27-DEC-1946 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF55181 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89449 013-4 29-SEP-1989 (NMR).
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Record last edited
Jun 1 2022 12:03PM