NHER 50864 (Monument record) - Multi-period cropmarks
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG02SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BAWDESWELL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | BYLAUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
December 2007. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of fragmentary ditches, probably the remains of several phases of field boundaries ranging in date from the Iron Age through to the post medieval period, are visible on aerial photographs to the northwest of Gibbethill Plantation, Bylaugh (S1-S5). The site is centred on TG 0253 2009.
Finds dating to the Iron Age, Roman, Saxon and medieval periods have been found within the wider area of this site (NHER 17229) and it is therefore possible that the features date broadly to these periods. Several of the boundaries are double ditched and may therefore represent the remains of trackways running along the edges of fields or grazing areas. A number of linear cropmarks relating to field boundaries depicted on the Map of Beck Hall, dating to around 1700-25 (S6) have been omitted from the mapping.
S. Massey (NMP), 19 December 2007.
Associated Sources (6)
- <S1> SNF69830 Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1949. NMR TG0219/7 (RAF 541/260 0035) 01-JUN-1949.
- <S2> SNF69832 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72300 126-7 12-AUG-1972.
- <S3> SNF69833 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/92337 273-4 11-JUN-1992.
- <S4> SNF69834 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1994. OS/94173 061-2 14-JUN-1994.
- <S5> SNF69835 Vertical Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1997. CUCAP Z-NA 057-8 15-MAY-1997.
- <S6> SNF56591 Map: 1700-25. Estate map of Beck Hall Farm, Billingford.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)
- DITCH (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
- TRACKWAY? (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Unknown date)
- TRACKWAY? (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Early Saxon to Medieval - 410 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- FIELD BOUNDARY? (Early Saxon to Medieval - 410 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Oct 17 2025 4:58PM