NHER 42177 (Monument record) - Earthworks of drainage ditches or possible water meadow
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG40NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MAUTBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
November 2005. Norfolk NMP.
Earthworks of possible post medieval narrow ridge and furrow are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). These earthworks are centred on TG 4771 0979. A group of parallel furrows are present on a roughly northwest to southeast alignment that matches the surrounding field boundaries and drainage ditches. Information from [1] suggests that these are the remains of narrow ridge and furrow. It is possible that they date to the period of the Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815) when grain prices were high and areas of the marshland were taken into arable cultivation (S3). Alternatively, these channels could be part of a system of drainage ditches.
J. Albone (NMP), 28 November 2005
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> SNF59321 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 4030-1 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TG 4708B / TG 4808A).
- <S2> SNF59325 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 540/465 3183-4 20-APR-1951 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF52439 Monograph: Williamson, T.. 1997. The Norfolk Broads: A Landscape History.. pp 61-62.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
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Record last edited
Feb 23 2022 9:58AM