NHER 53602 (Monument record) - Site of undated rectilinear boundaries
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG10NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT MELTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
May 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A pattern of rectilinear ditches is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1)-(S5), centred at 1264 0545. They are of uncertain date and function. They probably represent field boundaries, of pre-Inclosure date, as their alignment is completely at odds with that of the modern field pattern. They could be contemporary with ditches following a similar alignment, apparent at other sites such as NHER 53489 approximately 540m to the northwest. At the same time, a considerable number of cropmarks of geological and recent agricultural origin are also visible in this area, and the archaeological significance of the mapped features is not entirely certain.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 24 May 2010.
April-May 2021. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of site on proposed route of Anglian Water Norwich to Wymondham water pipeline.
One of the two trenches excavated at this location coincided with the short north-east to south-east cropmark mapped at .
Information from draft report. See NHER 66408 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 24 February 2025.
Associated Sources (5)
- <S1> SNF73583 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/70 5192-3 28-FEB-1946 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF74583 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 4122-3 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF74588 Vertical Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1982. CUCAP RC8EL 52-3 02-JUN-1982 (CUCAP).
- <S4> SNF74586 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1969. OS/69252 403-4 13-JUN-1969 (NMR).
- <S5> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. XX-XXX-2006 Accessed 24-MAY-2010.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Feb 24 2025 10:01PM