NHER 52465 (Monument record) - Earthworks of possible late medieval to post-medieval property boundaries, Church Farmhouse

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Summary

The cropmarks of medieval to post medieval land and field divisions are visible on aerial photographs to the south of Carr Lane, Poringland. The area was excavated as part of a trial trench evaluation in 2011 and possible medieval and post medieval enclosures were recorded on the site. Prehistoric pot-boiler material and features and a possible Roman farmstead were also encountered, and have been recorded as NHER 58020.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG20SE
Civil Parish PORINGLAND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

November 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of medieval to post medieval land and field divisions are visible on aerial photographs to the south of Carr Lane, Poringland (S1). It is possible some of the boundaries defined stock enclosures or paddocks. The boundaries are not depicted on the 1805 East Poringland Tithe map (S2), indicating that they have already been removed by this date. The site is centred on TG 2669 0162.
S. Horlock (NMP), 04 November 2009.

February 2011. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of proposed development site.
Possible medieval and post medieval enclosures recorded. Prehistoric pot-boiler material and features and a possible Roman farmstead were also encountered.
See report (S3) and NHER 58020 for further details.
E. Bales (HES), 17 September 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 September 2015.

  • --- Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web.
  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 05-MAR-2010.
  • <S2> Map: 1805. East Poringland Tithe map.
  • <S3> Unpublished Contractor Report: Hickling, S. 2011. Archaeological Evaluation on Land between Carr Lane and Shotesham Road, Poringland, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. 2586.

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Nov 4 2025 11:11AM

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