NHER 49442 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of field boundaries of unknown date

May 2007. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of field boundaries of unknown, but possibly late prehistoric to Roman date are visible on aerial photographs to the northwest of Hemblington Hall (S1). The site is centred on TG 3506 1147. These boundaries follow the same alignment (broadly NW-SE and NE-SW) as other groups of ditches that have been identified across a wide area (NHER 18127, 49427, 49431, 49440), possibly indicating fragments of a once extensive agricultural landscape spreading for several kilometres. A large area of enclosures and fields (NHER 49428) to the northeast also follows this alignment and this has the appearance of a small settlement. Although no direct dating evidence exists for these cropmarks a Roman date seems the most likely, although an earlier date remains a possibility.
S. Massey (NMP), 29 May 2007.