NHER 49456 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Field boundaries of unknown, but possibly late prehistoric to Roman date

May 2007. Norfolk NMP.
This cropmark site consists field boundaries of unknown, but possibly late prehistoric to Roman date, located to the west of Green Lane, South Walsham (S1-S2). The site is centred on TG 3633 1043. The majority of these cropmark ditches are broadly aligned NW-SE and NE-SW and are likely to represent former field boundaries.
These enclosures and fields are located to the east and south of other large areas of enclosures and fields (NHER 49445, 49431), also aligned NW-SE and NE-SW. Other groups of possible settlements and agricultural enclosures following this pattern have been identified across a wide area (NHER 18127, 49428), suggesting a once extensive agricultural landscape spreading for several kilometres. No dating evidence or associated finds currently provide a date for this vast area of cropmarks, although the morphology of the enclosures would suggest a late prehistoric to Roman date for the majority of the features.
S. Massey (NMP), 29 May 2007.