NHER 51944 (Monument) - Cropmarks of enclosures and field boundaries relating to a medieval to post medieval farm
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG21SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT AND LITTLE PLUMSTEAD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
November 2008. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of rectilinear enclosures and field boundaries probably relating to a medieval to post medieval farmstead are visible on aerial photographs (S1)-(S3). These cropmarks are centred on TG 2958 1071. A large (approximately 408m by 186m) field boundary or enclosure is visible, surrounding several smaller overlapping rectilinear enclosures (maximum length 50m by maximum width 28m) adjacent to Hare Road. The north-south section of the large external boundary, stretching from approximately TG 2946 1087 to TG 2949 1069 coincides exactly with the tithe map of the area, and can therefore be dated to the medieval to post medieval period.
The smaller, internal enclosures may relate to a post medieval farm, which is called ‘Rookery Farm’ on Bryant’s 1826 county map (S4) and is also shown on Faden’s 1797 Map of Norfolk (S5), centred across Hare road to the east (NHER 45126).
The large external ditch appears to cut an earlier, sub-square enclosure (NHER 51945), which may not be related to the farmstead.
E. Bales (NMP), 18 November 2008.
September 2006.
A series of rectilinear features and field boundaries can be seen on Google Earth.
See (S6) for further details.
D. Lefeuvre (HES), 21February 2011.
Associated Sources (5)
- <S1> SNF71196 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 5002 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF71172 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1976. MAL 76053 165 29-JUN-1976 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF4947 Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.
- <S5> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
- <S6> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 11-SEP-2006 Accessed 21-FEB-2011.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)
- FARMSTEAD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FARMSTEAD (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jan 26 2021 2:36PM