NHER 58553 (Monument record) - Former earthworks of medieval to post medieval boundary ditches

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Summary

The earthworks of medieval to post medieval boundaries ditches are visible on aerial photographs at Hill Common Farms, Great Ellingham. Faden’s map of 1797 indicates that the site is located along the edge of common ground along the land ‘Attleborough Hills’ and it is feasible that this ditch represented a common-edge boundary. Although it is hard to be certain due to vegetation cover on the most recent Google Earth imagery it is seem likely that at least some of these survive as extant earthworks.

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Map sheet	TM09NW
Civil Parish	GREAT ELLINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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January 2013. Norfolk NMP.
The earthworks of medieval to post medieval boundaries ditches are visible on aerial photographs at Hill Common Farms, Great Ellingham (S1-S2). The site is centred on TM 0329 9727. Faden’s map of 1797 (S3) indicates that the site is located along the edge of common ground along the land ‘Attleborough Hills’ and it is feasible that this ditch represented a common-edge boundary. Although it is hard to be certain due to vegetation cover on the most recent Google Earth imagery it is seem likely that at least some of these survive as extant earthworks.
S. Horlock (NMP), 24 January 2013.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF87063 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/101 6073-5 30-MAR-1946 (NMR).
<S2> SNF87064 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 1134-5 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
<S3> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.