NHER 51056 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Earthworks, mostly levelled, of Longham Green shrunken medieval settlement

December 2007.
Earthworks and soilmarks of enclosures relating to the medieval settlement of Longham Green are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). A series of rectilinear enclosure earthworks are visible parallel to Wendling Road and to the east of Park Farm. It is likely that they relate to tofts and crofts and that they form part of the medieval common-edge settlement of Longham Green. Medieval pottery has previously been found in the area of the earthworks (NHER 7245-6). Linear ditch earthworks, probably former field boundaries, are also present. Part of the site had been ploughed and the earthworks levelled by 1971. The enclosures were visible as soilmarks at that time (S2). This site was recorded as part of the Norfolk NMP ALSF Project but the earthworks were not mapped as the site lay outside of the project area.
J. Albone (NMP), 21 December 2007

November 2023. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
Features relating to the shrunken medieval to post medieval settlement of Longham Green, described above, are visible principally as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs (S3-S7). The green, and a few houses, are shown at this location on Faden’s 1707 Map of Norfolk (S8). Later aerial photographs (for example, S9) and visualised lidar data (S10) indicate that the earthworks have largely been levelled. The visualised lidar data, from a survey flown in 2017, shows a few elements still surviving as low earthworks.
The features are fragmentary and difficult to interpret precisely, but appear to relate to a series of enclosures and perhaps larger fields. A block of possible ridge and furrow is also visible. The area is crossed by modern drains, and it was not always possible to distinguish between these and older features with any certainty.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 28 November 2023.