NHER 42392 (Monument record) - Earthworks of possible drainage ditches
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG40NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FREETHORPE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
January 2006. Norfolk NMP.
Earthworks of undated, possibly medieval curvilinear drainage ditches or channels are visible on aerial photographs (S1). These earthworks are centred on TG 4572 0593 in an area of former marshland. Two curvilinear ditches or channels are present in this group of cropmarks. The northernmost of these is up to 5m wide and extends for approximately 210m on a meandering west to east alignment. To its south is a short section of narrow curvilinear ditch. The date of these earthworks is uncertain but the ditches or channels could be of medieval date. It is likely that they both had their origins as natural channels and were later incorporated into the drainage pattern.
J. Albone (NMP), 16 January 2006
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF60440 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1963. RAF 543/2531 (F22) 26 14-NOV-1963 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Nov 18 2013 4:46PM