NHER 68546 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Partially levelled earthworks of probable medieval to post medieval enclosures and drainage ditches

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Summary

A mixture of enclosures and drainage ditches, of probable medieval to post medieval date, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946. They probably at least in part relate to the documentary evidence of a medieval messuage at this site, and the concentration of medieval pottery found here (NHER 30530). Later aerial photographs and visualised lidar data show that while most of the features appear to have been levelled, a few fragments still survive as low earthworks.

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Map sheet	TF91SW
Civil Parish	SCARNING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	BRADENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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December 2024. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
A mixture of enclosures and drainage ditches, of probable medieval to post medieval date, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 (S1-S2). They probably at least in part relate to medieval messuage at this site recorded by documentary evidence, and the concentration of medieval pottery found here (NHER 30530). Later aerial photographs and visualised lidar data (S3-S5) show that while most of the features appear to have been levelled, a few fragments still survive as low earthworks.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 19 December 2024.

Associated Sources (5)

<S1> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/100 V 5420-5421 30-MAR-1946.
<S2> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/106G/UK/1606 RP 3280-3281 27-JUN-1946.
<S3> SNF101413 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF91SW DTM 1m 17 to 24-NOV-2017.
<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 TF9211 17-JUL-2022.
<S5> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 06-OCT-2022 Accessed 19-DEC-2024.

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Record last edited

Aug 21 2025 4:31PM