Record Details
| NHER Number: | 49595 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible medieval to post medieval date peat or turf extraction |
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Summary
Aerial photographs taken in 1977 show the earthworks of a series of banks and drainage ditches to the east of Strumpshaw Common. These may be the result of medieval to post medieval date peat or turf extraction.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 34923 05541 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG30NW |
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| Parish: | STRUMPSHAW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
June 2007. Norfolk NMP.
The earthworks of a series of banks and drainage ditches which may be the result of medieval to post medieval date peat or turf extraction are visible on aerial photographs to the east of Strumpshaw Common (S1). Although it is possible that these earthworks are merely the result of successive phases of drainage and as such have not been mapped. The site is centred on TG 3492 0553.
The site consists of a series of drains and associated banks of upcast or baulks. Several roughly rectangular sunken areas are visible and these may be associated with the removal of turf or shallow surface peat layers during the post medieval period or perhaps even medieval peat extraction. The layout of the drains and banks/baulks suggests that the area has been divided into strips and this may indicate that extraction had taken place along the lines of ‘doles’; narrow strips of common land that were allotted to a particular individual (S2).
S. Massey (NMP) 29 June 2007.
Monument Types
- PEAT CUTTING? (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD?)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD?)
- DRAINAGE DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD?)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TG 3405A-B (NLA 38/AHB6-7) 27-MAY-1977. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Williamson, T.. 1997. The Norfolk Broads: A Landscape History.. p 83. |
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