NHER 42153 (Monument record) - Undated possible drains

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Summary

A group of possible drains of unknown date is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Several, rather isolated and fragmentary elements are visible, some of which could be of geological or recent agricultural origin. Given their location on low-lying ground, any archaeological features present are probably associated with the drainage of this area but their date remains enigmatic.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG42SE
Civil Parish	HORSEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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November 2005. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks visible on aerial photographs (S1) and (S2), centred at TG 4597 2394, probably represent drainage features. Their date remains uncertain. Their rather fragmentary and irregular layout contrasts with that of the drainage system (NHER 42154) 70m to the south which probably dates to the post medieval period. Like that site, it is possible that these drains too are associated with the ponds (possibly former extraction pits) depicted in this area on Faden’s 1797 map of Norfolk (S3). It should be noted that the cropmarks were not particularly clear on the consulted aerial photographs, and consequently there is a relatively high risk that some of the mapped features are not of archaeological origin.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 15 November 2005.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF58598 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1952. RAF 540/690 5371-2 11-MAR-1952 (NMR).
<S2> SNF59066 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1964. RAF 58/6112 (F42) 0166-7 01-JAN-1964 (NMR).
<S3> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.