NHER 27459 (Monument record) - Cropmarks and earthworks of medieval peat cutting
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG41NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MARTHAM, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
April 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A possible medieval peat cutting or Broad is visible as cropmarks and earthworks on aerial photographs (S1-2), centred at TG 4577 1713. It lies on the north-west edge of a drainage system, depicted on modern Ordnance Survey maps, which leads, via an expanse of carr and plantation woodland, into the northern end of Ormesby Broad (NHER 13509). This proximity and the polygonal shape of the mapped pit or depression suggest that it too was once part of the Broad, and is therefore also a product of medieval peat cutting. Its southern and western limits are followed by 19th-century field boundaries (e.g. see S3), giving the impression of it being an earlier feature.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 27 April 2005.
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> SNF55925 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1997. OS/97614 313-4 01-JUN-1997.
- <S2> SNF55857 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS/79019 001-2 14-APR-1979.
- <S3> SNF53293 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
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Record last edited
Feb 22 2022 8:10AM