NHER 49690 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Undated cropmarks of uncertain archaeological significance

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Summary

A rather disparate group of ditches is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Their archaeological significance is uncertain. Some may represent field boundaries or similar features of various different periods. Others may merely be the product of modern agricultural activity.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM39NE
Civil Parish	HECKINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	NORTON SUBCOURSE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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July 2007. Norfolk NMP.
A rather disparate group of ditches is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1)-(S4), centred at TM 3985 9938. The archaeological significance of many of the features is uncertain. While some may represent field boundaries or similar features of various different periods, others may merely be the product of modern agricultural activity. Those corresponding with field boundaries depicted on Heckingham Enclosure Map (S5) have not been mapped by the NMP. The relationship between the features described here and other cropmark sites in the area, e.g. NHER 49650 immediately to the northeast, is not clear.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 31 July 2007.

November 2013. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed extension to Norton Subcourse Quarry.
The southernmost cropmark in this group fell within the area examined during this work. The single trench placed on the line of this cropmark failed to identify any corresponding sub-surface feature.
See report (S6) and NHER 61880 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 25 October 2016.

Associated Sources (6)

<S1> SNF68288 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1970. OS/70173 271-2 03-JUN-1970 (NMR).
<S2> SNF68289 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1971. OS/71302 039-40 29-JUN-1971 (NMR).
<S3> SNF68290 Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS. 1988. BKS 9015-6 06-AUG-1988 (NCC 2195-6).
<S4> SNF68291 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1995. OS/95161 211-2 19-MAY-1995 (NMR).
<S5> SNF68286 Map: Barnes, R.. 1817. Heckingham Enclosure Map. 1 inch: 6 chains.
<S6> SNF94590 Unpublished Contractor Report: Simmonds, C., Burke, J. and Wolframm-Murray, Y. 2014. Archaeological evaluation, northern and southern extensions, Norton Subcourse Quarry, Norfolk, November 2013. MOLA. 14/20.