NHER 49206 (Monument record) - Possible medieval peat extraction area

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Summary

Evidence of former medieval peat extraction may be visible on aerial photographs of the area either side of the Sutton Broad.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG32SE
Civil Parish	STALHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	SUTTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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March 2007. Norfolk NMP.
Evidence of former medieval peat extraction may be visible on aerial photographs to either side of the Sutton Broad (S1). All of this area is marked as Stalham Broad on the 1797 Faden map (S2) and is still depicted as open water on the Ordnance Survey first edition map (6 inch, 1879-86). The site is centred on TG 3727 2366. This former extraction is suggested by an amorphous darker and wetter area within the marsh to either side of the narrow Sutton Broad.
S. Massey (NMP) 30 March 2007.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF53365 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 2094-5 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
<S2> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.

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Record last edited

Apr 12 2022 7:54AM