NHER 53655 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Earthworks in grounds of Hill Farm House

June 2010. Norfolk NMP.
Earthworks of probable post medieval, or medieval to post medieval date, are visible on aerial photographs in grounds of Hill Farm House (NHER 19257) (S1), but were not mapped as the features were depicted on historic maps, such as the undated Easton Tithe map (S2) and the Ordnance Survey first edition map (1889 to 1891) (S3). The site is centred on TG 1323 1158. The main earthworks consist of a substantial hollow way running from the house to the River Tud to the south. This feature is marked as a trackway on the Ordnance Survey first edition map (1889 to 1891) (S3), although it is likely to have existed earlier, but was not depicted on Tithe map (S2). A number of sand and gravel pits are noted on the later map (S3) in close proximity to the house and it is possible that this trackway was associated with the removal of these resources. Although the hollow way or track is likely to be broadly contemporary with the seventeenth century house (NHER 19257) it is feasible that it represents an earlier route of possible medieval to post medieval date. A number of other linear earthworks are also visible to the south of the site and these are consistent with land boundaries and drains depicted on the historic maps (S2-S3).
S. Horlock (NMP), 09 June 2010.

September 2025. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
The probable post medieval hollow way or trackway and the sand and gravel pits recorded by the previous NMP survey (see above), are visible as earthworks on relatively recent (2021) visualised lidar data (S4). The earthworks of additional probable medieval to post mediaeval boundaries (centred at approximately TG 1327 1161), field boundaries (centred at approximately TG 1316 1152 and TG 1321 1152) and the site of a possible building (centred at approximately TG 1328 1162) are also visible as earthworks on the visualised lidar data. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently, it is likely that the features still survive as earthworks. The additional boundaries and possible building platform are not recorded on the Tithe (S2) or the Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6" map (S3).
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 25 September 2025