NHER 63235 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - A group of undated banks and ditches

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Summary

A group of banks and ditches of an unknown date can be seen as earthworks on the 1940s aerial photographs and have since been levelled. The banks are on multiple alignments and may have related to either: Cranwich medieval settlement remains (NHER 63236) to the north, the Second World War military training area and camp (NHER 63082) to the east, boundaries or drainage. The date of the features are most likely to be medieval - post medieval or Second World War.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TL79NE
Civil Parish	DIDLINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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March 2019. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A group of banks and ditches of an unknown date can be seen as earthworks on the 1940s aerial photographs (S1-S2) and have since been levelled. The banks are on multiple alignments and may have related to either: Cranwich medieval settlement remains (NHER 63236) to the north, the Second World War military training area and camp to the east (NHER 63082), boundaries or drainage. The date of the features are most likely to be medieval - post medieval or Second World War.
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 6th March 2019.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF94127 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/106G/UK/369 RP 3069-3070 08-JUN-1945 (HEA Original Print).
<S2> SNF94127 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/101 RV 6131-6132 30-MAR-1946 (HEA Original Print).