NHER 43749 (Monument record) - Cropmarks of undated linear ditches and possible field boundaries

These cropmarks were previously recorded under NHER 36106.

March 2005. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of undated, but possibly Iron Age to Roman, linear ditches and possible field boundaries are visible on aerial photographs to the southwest of Hickling Green (S1). The site is centred on TG 4045 2344. A Bronze Age round barrow (NHER 36106) is located within the centre of the site and one of the linear ditches possibly appears to join to the northern side of the barrow ditch.

The site consists of a series of fragmentary ditches, with a main concentration of features at TG 4052 2333. The ditch sections are all roughly aligned along the same axis and it is therefore possible that they represent part of a field system or similar system of enclosure. One of the ditch sections appears to join with is abutting up to the northern arc of the ring ditch (NHER 36106). It seems likely that the round barrow pre-dates the linear ditches and field boundaries. The dating of these features is uncertain, but an Iron Age to Roman date seems most plausible.

Some of the features to the west and north of the site were only visible in the far ground of an extremely oblique aerial photograph and therefore a definite identification of archaeological origin was not possible and geological markings may be present at these locations. The most dominant cropmarks on the aerial photographs are of geological origin. The tonal contrast is poor and grainy on the aerial photographs, which again has hindered definite identifications of archaeological cropmarks.
S. Massey (NMP), 29 March 2005.