NHER 65186 (Monument record) - Post-medieval field boundaries

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Summary

A geophysical survey of this site in 2020 revealed two linear anomalies, both of which correspond with former field boundaries shown on a 19th-century map. Although a number of discrete anomalies were recorded these are all thought to be either geological in origin or the result of ferrous debris in the plough soil.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG01SE
Civil Parish HOCKERING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

November 2019-February 2020. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of land on route of proposed North Tuddenham to Easton A47 Improvement Works (Area F7).
This survey identified no responses of obvious archaeological significance.
Although two adjoining linear anomalies were recorded these both correspond with former field boundaries depicted on the Hockering tithe map of 1838 (S1).
A cluster of amorphous discrete anomalies in the central part of the site are probably geological in origin.
Areas of magnetic disturbance around the margins of the site and scattered discrete dipolar anomalies were probably caused by ferrous material in the topsoil (most likely modern debris).
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 10 May 2022.

  • <S1> Map: 1838. Hockering Tithe Map.

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Record last edited

May 10 2022 2:40PM

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