NHER 54673 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Soilmarks of a probable medieval to post medieval common-edge boundary and/or trackway

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Summary

The soilmarks of a probable medieval to post medieval common-edge boundary and/or trackway are visible on aerial photographs at Wattlefield, Wymondham. The site consists of two sections of ditch and bank, bisected by the modern road. Comparision of these features with Faden's map of 1797 suggests that this feature may have acted as a common edge boundary for Wattlefield Common, while the eastern, more substantial hollow. It feasibly may also have formed an earlier route of the post medieval road that now bisects it. The boundary and/or trackway appears to form a continuation of the route recorded to the south, see NHER 17141 for details.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM19NW
Civil Parish	WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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March 2012. Norfolk NMP.
The soilmarks of a probable medieval to post medieval common-edge boundary and/or trackway are visible on aerial photographs (S1) at Wattlefield, Wymondham. The site is centred on TM 1098 9657. The site consists of two sections of ditch and bank, bisected by the modern road. Comparision of these features with Faden's map of 1797 (S2) suggests that this feature may have acted as a common edge boundary for Wattlefield Common. It feasibly may also have formed an earlier route of the post medieval road that now bisects it. The boundary and/or trackway appears to form a continuation of the route recorded to the south, see NHER 17141 for details.
S. Horlock (NMP), 07 March 2012.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF85456 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72034 173-4 22-MAR-1972 (NMR).
<S2> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.