NHER 64931 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of undated and postmedieval linear ditches

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Summary

Fragmentary linear ditches, mostly of unknown date and function, are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. One of the ditches corresponds with a boundary depicted on Acle Tithe Map and is presumably a post medieval field boundary or wood bank (it forms the eastern boundary of Great Wood).

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Map sheet	TG40NW
Civil Parish	ACLE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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December 2021. Broads Hidden Heritage: Aerial Perspectives.
Fragmentary linear ditches, mostly of unknown date and function, are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1). One of the ditches corresponds with a boundary depicted on Acle Tithe Map (S2). It forms the eastern boundary of Great Wood (shown on the map) and is presumably a post medieval field boundary or wood bank.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk County Council, Historic Environment Service), 7 December 2021.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 06-DEC-2021.
<S2> SNF55651 Map: Lenny, I.. 1838. Acle Tithe Map. No scale.

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Record last edited

Oct 25 2024 4:27PM