NHER 42458 (Monument record) - Earthworks of drainage ditches and channels
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG40NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BURGH CASTLE, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
January 2006. Norfolk NMP.
Earthworks of linear and curvilinear drainage ditches and channels of probable medieval to post medieval date are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). These earthworks are centred on TG 4800 0580 in an area of former marshland. The linear ditches at TG 4795 0573 and TG 4805 0588 were shown on the 1843 Burgh Castle tithe map (S2) as extant drainage ditches. However, other linear ditches, further to the north at TG 4812 0596 and TG 4802 0601, are not marked on this map. It is likely that the curvilinear ditches in this group of earthworks originated as natural channels. These were incorporated into the drainage pattern, possibly during the medieval period. Some of the sections of curvilinear ditch, such as those at TG 4805 0597 and TG 4895 0586, were also marked on the tithe map (S3). It is probable that these curvilinear and linear drainage ditches are of medieval to post medieval date.
J. Albone (NMP), 25 January 2006
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> SNF60692 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1963. RAF 543/2531 (F21) 23-4 14-NOV-1963 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF60693 Vertical Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1977. CUCAP RC8BY9 01-JUN-1977 (CUCAP).
- <S3> SNF58235 Map: 1843. A Plan of the Parish of Burgh Castle in the County of Suffolk (Tithe Map). 1 inch : 3 chains.
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Record last edited
Apr 23 2019 9:28AM