NHER 43404 (Monument record) - Site of possible trackway of unknown date on parish boundary between Winterton and Hemsby

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Summary

Undated lengths of linear ditch, visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs, may represent fragments of a trackway along the parish boundary between Winterton-On-Sea and Hemsby. The fragments form two, slightly curvilinear alignments. Two further lengths of ditch visible to the east may continue the line of the trackway and may also correspond with a field boundary depicted on Hemsby Enclosure Map of 1810. The ditch segments share an alignment and therefore may be contemporary with other linear cropmarks identified 160m to their northeast (NHER 43401) and 210m to their southwest (NHER 43403). Although none of these sites is dated, a medieval to post medieval date is perhaps plausible given the possible correspondence with an Enclosure Map boundary.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG41NE
Civil Parish HEMSBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
Lengths of linear ditch are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), between TG 4963 1811 and TG 5005 1808. From the western end of the site, two fragmentary alignments may define a former curvilinear trackway, or perhaps a double ditched boundary which at least partially follows the parish boundary. To the east, an alignment of two ditch segments in the adjacent field may continue the line of the southern side of the trackway. These may also correspond with a field boundary depicted on Hemsby Enclosure Map (S3), suggesting that the site is perhaps of medieval to post medieval date. Additional linear cropmarks visible 160m to the northeast (NHER 43401) and 210m to the southwest (NHER 43403), which share a similar orientation to the postulated trackway, may be contemporary features.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 20 March 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1964. RAF 58/6522 (F22) 0047 01-OCT-1964 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2002. EA 042 AF/02C/339 7050-1 22-JUL-2002 (EA).
  • <S3> Map: Barnes, R.. 1810. Hemsby Enclosure Map. 1 inch : 7 chains.

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Record last edited

Mar 26 2019 12:47PM

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