NHER 50757 (Monument record) - Site of undated linear ditches, either side of Buxton Road

December 2007. Norfolk NMP.
Linear ditches of unknown date are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 2529 2010. They perhaps represent field boundaries and drainage ditches dating to the post medieval period. They are visible either side of Buxton Road, crossing a spur of land between the River Bure to the northeast and a smaller tributary to the south. Some of the features in the southern portion of the site appear to feed into the latter – now a largely dry valley – suggesting a function relating to drainage. Others follow the same broad alignment as the field pattern depicted on 19th and 20th century maps, and may represent former field boundaries established in preceding centuries. There is no evidence that any date to any earlier than the post medieval period, although finds of prehistoric, medieval and post medieval date have been recovered from the vicinity (NHER 25955 and 32992).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 18 December 2007.