NHER 54547 (Monument record) - Modern pipeline, formerly recorded as trackway

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Summary

A linear feature visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs to the south of Great Snare Hill, Brettenham, was previously recorded as a possible trackway. .Assessment of aerial photographs for the area fo the immediate west would suggest that this linear feature, which turns slightly to the south and continues to the river, relates to a pipeline or similar modern feature.

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Map sheet	TL88SE
Civil Parish	BRETTENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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December 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A faint possible linear trackway is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1) to the south of Great Snare Hill, Brettenham. The linear ditch features run from TL 8726 8020 to TL 8807 8049. However, they are faint and difficult to be certain of, and being visible only on one set of aerial photographs they have been recorded with a note of caution.
E. Bales (NMP), 20 Dec 2010.

March 2018. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
Assessment of aerial photographs (S2) for the area fo the immediate west would suggest that this linear feature, which turns slightly to the south and continues to the river, relates to a pipeline or similar modern feature.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 10th March 2018.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF79345 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1988. OS/88225 016-7 07-AUG-1988 (NMR).
<S2> SNF94127 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. OS/86215 V 023-024 21-SEP-1986 (HEA Original Print).

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Record last edited

May 29 2025 9:11AM