NHER 52002 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of undated ditches, possibly relating to former field boundaries
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MULBARTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | SWAINSTHORPE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
March 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of undated ditches, possibly relating to former field boundaries, are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2) to the north of Brickkiln Lane, on the Swainsthorpe and Mulbarton parish boundary. The site is centred on TG 2108 0005. The date of these ditches is unknown and it is possible that they represent more than one phase of features. The small L-shaped section of ditch coincides with an angular kink in the Swainsthorpe and Mulbarton parish boundary, although it is not clear whether the two features are related.
S. Horlock (NMP), 24 March 2009.
February-March 2021. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of part of large proposed development area.
Although this survey identified a number of scattered linear anomalies in the vicinity of this location, none appear to correspond with the mapped cropmarks.
See report (S3) and NHER 65130 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 7 July 2021.
February-June 2023. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of part of large proposed development area.
One of the excavated trial trenches revealed a north-west to south-east aligned ditch likely to correspond with the southernmost of the cropmarks in this group. No dating evidence was recovered.
See report (S4) and NHER 65134 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 22 January 2025.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF75722 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1992. OS/92336 040-2 11-JUN-1992 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF76690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96247 005-7 22-JUL-1996 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF101272 Unpublished Contractor Report: Brown, H. 2021. Geophysical Survey Report. Bloys Grove Solar Farm, Swainsthorpe. Magnitude Surveys. MSTM870A.
- <S4> SNF102632 Unpublished Contractor Report: Estanga, M. 2023. Land at Bloy’s Grove, Swainsthorpe, Norfolk: Informative Trenching as Part of a Programme of Archaeological Mitigatory Works. Pre-Construct Archaeology. R15565.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jan 22 2025 1:55PM