NHER 42374 (Monument record) - Undated trackway or bank
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG42SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SOMERTON, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
January 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A slightly curvilinear bank, flanked by ditches, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1 to S2), between TG 4682 2068 and TG 4665 2058. It may have been a trackway, or perhaps a bank associated with drainage and the control of flooding. It is not depicted on any of the consulted historic (mainly 19th century) maps. Although its curvilinear shape is at odds with the surrounding pattern of rectilinear drains (see the Ordnance Survey 2nd edition 25 inch map (S3 to S4), for example) its western end leads towards the corner formed by two of these drains which may indicate that it is of contemporary, late post medieval date. It may even be associated with the woodland which once occupied the site, also shown on the Ordnance Survey 2nd edition map. More recent aerial photographs of the site indicate that the earthworks have now probably been levelled.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 5 January 2006.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF60114 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/832 3204-5 23-SEP-1945 (NHER TG 4621B & TG 4620A).
- <S2> SNF60131 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF CPE/UK/1801 3056-7 25-OCT-1946 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF60157 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey second edition 25" (1902-7) Sheet XLII. 13. 25" to 1'.
- <S4> SNF60122 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey second edition 25" (1902-7) Sheet LIV. 1. 25" to 1'.
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Record last edited
Aug 12 2025 10:49AM