Record Details
NHER Number: | 43720 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Post-medieval drainage ditch within former fen |
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Summary
A post-medieval drainage ditch is visible on aerial photographs within former fen to the south of Hickling Broad, Potter Heigham. The drainage channel is quite irregular and is likely to originally been part of a natural drainage creek that has been incorporated into the post-medieval drainage scheme. It is not visible on the Potter Heigham Enclosure or Tithe maps, suggesting that it is has gone out of use by the early nineteenth century.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 42938 20033 |
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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 post-medieval drainage ditch is visible on aerial photographs within former fen to the south of Hickling Broad, Potter Heigham (S1). The site is centred on TG 4297 2004 and the drain forms an irregular U-shape, running from TG 4285 2015 to TG 4296 1988. The drainage channel is quite irregular and curvilinear and may have originally been a natural drainage creek that has been incorporated into the post-medieval drainage scheme. It is not visible on the Potter Heigham Enclosure or Tithe maps (S2-S3), suggesting that it is has gone out of use by the early nineteenth century.
S. Massey (NMP), 13 March 2006.
Monument Types
- 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: 1801. Potter Heigham Enclosure Map. |
<S3> | Map: James Wright. 1840. Potter Heigham Tithe Map. 3 chains: 1 inch. |
Related records - none
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