NHER 68207 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Earthworks and cropmarks of possible medieval to post medieval enclosures, boundaries and drains

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Summary

Possible enclosures and boundaries of medieval to post medieval date are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs and visualised lidar data. The visualised lidar data, from a survey flown in 2017, indicates that many of the features still survived as low earthworks at that date. The site forms part of a swathe of earthworks of broadly medieval to post medieval date located along Watery Lane. Many of the features within the site could be drainage ditches, but some, at least, appear to form part of the same system of enclosure as recorded on the higher ground to the west, where the medieval moated site of Drayton Hall (NHER 2874) is surrounded by boundary ditches and banks of probable medieval to post medieval date (NHER 68208).

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Map sheet	TF91SE
Civil Parish	SCARNING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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April 2024. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
Possible enclosures and boundaries of medieval to post medieval date are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1-S4) and visualised lidar data (S5). The visualised lidar data, from a survey flown in 2017, indicates that many of the features still survived as low earthworks at that date. The site forms part of a swathe of earthworks of broadly medieval to post medieval date located along Watery Lane. Many of the features within the site could be drainage ditches, but some, at least, appear to form part of the same system of enclosure as recorded on the higher ground to the west, where the medieval moated site of Drayton Hall (NHER 2874) is surrounded by boundary ditches and banks of probable medieval to post medieval date (NHER 68208).
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 16 April 2024.

Associated Sources (5)

<S1> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/52 V 5068-5069 31-JAN-1946.
<S2> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/100 V 5427-5428 30-MAR-1946.
<S3> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/106G/UK/1606 RP 3272-3273 27-JUN-1946.
<S4> SNF100592 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd and Getmapping Plc. unknown. Aerial Photography for Great Britain (APGB) Orthophotographs. https://www.apgb.co.uk. Bluesky International Ltd APGB Imagery TF9711 17-JUL-2022.
<S5> SNF101413 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF91SE DTM 1m 17 to 24-NOV-2017.

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Record last edited

Aug 29 2025 3:05PM