NHER 56273 (Monument record) - Post-medieval field boundaries

August 2011. Geophysical Survey.
A detailed magnetometer survey was carried out over a single large field in advance of proposed development.
Four positive linear anomalies were detected. Two of these were oriented north-south, dividing the area into three portions. The other two were oriented east-west. The first of these was located in the western half of the field and would have divided the area into a northern and southern field. The other east-west boundary was a short length in the extreme northeast of the field.
The First Edition Ordnance Survey Map (S1) depicts three fields here: the western two-thirds were divided into a northern and southern field while the eastern third remained separate. Three of the four linear features detected during the survey correspond to these field divisions. However, the western north-south division does not appear to have been in use at this time and therefore may pre-date this arrangement.
The surveyors also noted a high concentration of small, intensely magnetised anomalies indicative of ferrous or ceramic debris in the ploughsoil throughout the surveyed area.
See reports (S2) and (S3) for further information.
S. Howard (HES), 21 November 2011. Updated H. Hamilton (HES), 15 April 2015.