NHER 45142 (Monument record) - Cropmarks of possible medieval field boundaries and parish boundary

October 2006. Norfolk NMP
Cropmarks of field or enclosure boundaries and a parish boundary of possible medieval date are visible on aerial photographs (S1). These cropmarks are centred on TG 3327 1226. Two cropmark ditches are present on a parallel southwest to northeast alignment. At their northeast end they join a roughly north to south ditch. The parallel ditches are spaced 15m apart and could relate to a medieval strip field. The ditch that forms their northeast end broadly follows the line of the Blofield and Hemblington parish boundary. The area of these cropmarks formed the western limit of Mousehold Heath on Faden’s 1797 Map of Norfolk (S2). On this map an enclosure is shown on the common in the approximate place location of the cropmarks. It is possible that they relate to a medieval to early post medieval enclosure on the edge of the common.
J. Albone (NMP), 12 October 2006