NHER 49697 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Levelled earthworks of possible ridge and furrow and linear ditch

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Summary

Earthworks of possible ridge and furrow and a linear ditch of medieval to post medieval date are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. Consultation of visualised lidar data, from a survey flown in 2017, suggests they have since been levelled.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF91NW
Civil Parish BEESTON WITH BITTERING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

August 2007. Norfolk NMP.
Earthworks of possible ridge and furrow and a linear ditch of medieval to post medieval date are visible on aerial photographs (S1). The earthwork ditch has the same alignment as the ridge and furrow and probably relates to a field boundary.
J. Albone (NMP), 23 August 2007.

March 2023. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
The earthworks of possible ridge and furrow and a medieval to post medieval ditch, described above, are not visible on visualised lidar data from a survey flown in 2017 (S2). They have presumably been levelled.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 27 March 2023.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/51 5049-50 31-JAN-1946 (NHER TF 9317B / TF 9417B).
  • <S2> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF91NW DTM 1m 17 to 24-NOV-2017.

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Record last edited

Nov 21 2023 1:53PM

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