Record Details
| NHER Number: | 43716 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Post-medieval drainage ditches within Sound Plantation |
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Summary
A group of post-medieval drainage ditches are visible on aerial photographs within Sound Plantation to the immediate south of Hickling Broad, Potter Heigham. These drainage ditches are not marked on the 1840 Potter Heigham Tithe map and are therefore likely to be earlier.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 43138 20464 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG42SW |
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| Parish: | POTTER HEIGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A group of post-medieval drainage ditches are visible on aerial photographs within Sound Plantation, formerly an area of fen, to the immediate south of Hickling Broad, Potter Heigham (S1). The site is centred on TG 4298 2040. These drainage ditches are not marked on the 1840 Potter Heigham Tithe map (S2) and are therefore likely to be earlier.
S. Massey (NMP), 13 March 2006.
Monument Types
- DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- DRAINAGE DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1965. RAF 58/7068 (F22) 0017-8 20-OCT-1965 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Map: James Wright. 1840. Potter Heigham Tithe Map. 3 chains: 1 inch. |
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