NHER 45251 (Monument record) - Site of one or more enclosures of probable Iron Age or Roman date

March 2007. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks described below were previously recorded as part of NHER 31547.

A rectilinear enclosure is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 3195 2779. Comparison with other enclosures mapped by the Norfolk NMP (e.g. NHER 39024) and with examples from Lincolnshire (S2) suggests that an Iron Age and/or Roman date is probable. This suggestion is strengthened by the recovery of a sherd of Roman pottery from the field surface (NHER 31547). A ditch crossing the southeastern side of the site has been suggested as representing one corner and part of one side of a second enclosure, with a slightly different orientation. Ditches visible surrounding and aligned with the main enclosure probably represent parts of conjoined field boundaries and/or trackways. A possible square barrow 125m to the southeast (NHER 45249) may be a contemporary feature. Parallel ditches to the northeast (NHER 45252), which overlie the northeastern end of the enclosure, are probably of medieval to post medieval date, providing a terminus ante quem for the site. It should be noted that faint lines visible on Honing Tithe Map (S3), which share the orientation of the enclosure, seem to be cartographic in nature, i.e. related to drawing the map up, and their shared alignment purely coincidental.

The enclosure is rectilinear (perhaps trapezoidal) in plan. It measures up to 88m wide and at least 115m long. The entrance in its northeast side is defined by slightly swollen terminals.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 26 March 2007.