NHER 53313 (Monument record) - Multi-period cropmark site consisting of ditches and former field boundaries

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Summary

The cropmarks of fragmentary ditches, representing the remains of field boundaries of unknown and multi-period date, are visible on aerial photographs to the north of Well Beck Farm, Brooke. Additional cropmarks visible on the aerial photographs likely to relate to post medieval field boundaries were omitted from the mapping.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG20SE
Civil Parish	BROOKE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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November 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of fragmentary ditches, representing the remains of field boundaries of unknown and multi-period date, are visible on aerial photographs to the north of Well Beck Farm, Brooke (S1-S3). The site is centred on TG 2859 0060. Prehistoric, Neolithic, Iron Age and late Saxon, finds have been recovered from the general vicinity of the site (NHER 31654), although there is no direct relationship between the finds and the cropmarks. Additional cropmarks visible on the aerial photographs (S1-S3) likely to relate to post medieval field boundaries were omitted from the mapping.
S. Horlock (NMP), 03 November 2009.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF73344 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1976. MAL/76045 073-5 22-JUN-1976 (NMR).
<S2> SNF73346 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96247 022-3 22-JUL-1996 (NMR).
<S3> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 07-MAR-2010.