Record Details
| NHER Number: | 42361 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Probably post medieval enclosures at Winterton Holmes |
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Summary
Two conjoined enclosures and an associated ditch, all of probable post medieval date, are visible as cropmarks and soilmarks on aerial photographs. They form part of a larger drainage system (NHER 42360) but are likely to reflect some kind of specialised function for this area of the site. Given their relatively remote location, surrounded by former marsh and dunes, this function seems likely to have been agricultural.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 4782 2159 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG42SE |
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| Parish: | WINTERTON ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
January 2006. Norfolk NMP.
Two conjoined enclosures and an associated ditch are visible as cropmarks and soilmarks on aerial photographs (S1)-(S4), centred at TG 4783 2161. They form a distinctive element, perhaps indicative of a specialised function, within a larger drainage system of medieval to post medieval date (NHER 42360). Their exact function is unknown but seems likely to have been agricultural given their location. Their rectilinear arrangement and their shared orientation with the field pattern shown on the Ordnance Survey 2nd edition 25 inch map (S5) suggests a post medieval date. It is worth noting that the associated ditch, which forms the east and northeast side of the site, mirrors a change in cultivation visible on photographs taken in 1973 (S3) and perhaps marks a boundary between the higher ground of Winterton Holmes and the lower (and wetter) ground to its north.
The northern enclosure is sub-rectangular in shape, its east and northeast side being formed by the angle of the associated ditch which it appears to abut. It measures up to 59.5m long and 43.5m wide. The southern enclosure, which appears to abut the first, is rectangular in shape and measures 76.5m long and 55.75m wide. It seems to be subdivided at its northern end but this mark may be of recent agricultural origin. Narrow drains recorded as part of NHER 42360 abut both the east and west sides of the southern enclosure.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 13 January 2006.
Monument Types
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/17 4001-2 28-MAY-1944 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1972. CUCAP (BKL17) 28-SEP-1972. |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1973. CUCAP RC8AK178-9 08-JUN-1973. |
| <S4> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1973. MAL 73061 004-5 09-DEC-1973 (NMR). |
| <S5> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey second edition 25" (1902-7) Sheet XLII. 13. 25" to 1'. |
Related records
| 42360 | Part of: Possible medieval or post medieval drains and possible pond or broad (Monument) |
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