NHER 27397 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of ditches of unknown date

August 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A complex group of undated linear and curvilinear ditch cropmarks is visible on aerial photographs (S1) to (S5). These cropmarks are centred on TG 5113 1188. The ditches are present on a variety of different alignments and frequently cut across one another. Although several junctions between related ditches are visible, these do not form any coherent enclosures or fields. The ditches in the northern part of the group cut across a ring ditch of a probable Bronze Age round barrow (NHER 27395). This suggests that at least some of the ditches are likely to be later than that date. It is likely that at least some of the ditches are field or other boundaries although their date and phasing cannot be established. The relationship between these cropmarks and the extensive Iron Age to Roman enclosure complex to the north (NHER 27513) is not clear. Roman and medieval coins and artefacts have been found in this area (NHER 12872).
J. Albone (NMP), 5 August 2005