NHER 49137 (Cropmark and Earthwork) - Undated earthworks close a tributary of the River Tas

November 2006. Field observation.
A group of earthworks survives in two fields that are currently used for rough grazing. They range between about 0.3m and about 2m tall. In the eastern field the earthworks include a curving (almost semi-circular) bank adjacent to a stream and at least three linear banks. A spring or upwelling of water may also be present. In the western field the earthworks include two curving banks, both of which are continuations of linear banks in the eastern field. The current boundary ditch and hedgerow between the two fields cuts through these two banks. As the boundary is shown on the Wreningham tithe map (S1), these two banks are pre-mid 19th century in date.
The functions of the banks are uncertain. The curving bank close to the stream may have been a bank constructed alongside the former course of the stream or dredgings removed from it. The linear banks may have been field boundaries.
D. Robertson (NLA), 1 December 2006.