NHER 51999 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of ditches, possibly relating to former field boundaries of possible Iron Age to Roman date

March 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of fragmentary ditches of unknown date, probably relating to former field boundaries, are visible on aerial photographs to the southwest of Swainsthorpe village (S1-S2). The site is centred on TG 2148 0087. Although there are no directly associated finds, an Iron Age to Roman date could be suggested for possible fragmentary field boundaries of this type. The nearest material of this date was recovered approximately 500m to the east (NHER 9720 & 23724).
The majority of the ditches are aligned either NNW-SSE or SSW-NNE and may have formed part of a field system. Some of the cropmarks are quite faint and it is feasible that some are non-archaeological in origin. A number of less convincingly archaeological linear cropmarks within this area were omitted from the NMP mapping due to the likelihood of them being derived from underlying natural features.
S. Horlock (NMP), 24 March 2009.