Record Details
| NHER Number: | 50616 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of a linear boundary or trackway of possible medieval to post medieval date |
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Summary
The cropmarks of a linear boundary or trackway of unknown, but possible medieval to post medieval date, are visible on aerial photographs to the east of Weston Green.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 11547 14165 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG11SW |
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| Parish: | WESTON LONGVILLE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
September 2007. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of a linear boundary or trackway of unknown, but possible medieval to post medieval date, are visible on aerial photographs to the east of Weston Green (S1). The site is centred on TG 1154 1415. The site consists of a slightly sinuous linear boundary, signified by a single and double ditch. It is possible that the feature was double ditched along the entire course and that only small sections of the both ditches were visible on the aerial photographs. Given the parallel ditch arrangement it is possible that this feature may also have acted as a trackway.
The date of these cropmarks is uncertain although it appears to predate the field boundaries marked in this area on the 1827 Weston Longville Enclosure map (S2). The boundary or trackway follows a similar alignment to a series of field boundaries recorded from the aerial photographs to the west (NHER 50620), which are thought to date to the medieval to post medieval periods and represent elements of a pre-parliamentary enclosure landscape.
S. Massey (NMP), 12 September 2007.
Monument Types
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Unknown date)
- TRACKWAY (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- TRACKWAY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1976. MAL 76042 136-7 10-JUN-1976 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Map: Corby, R.. 1827. Weston Longville 1827 Enclosure Map. 1 inch: 6 chains. |
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