Record Details
| NHER Number: | 51890 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible medieval-post medieval field boundaries |
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Summary
Several linear ditch features were visible as cropmarks on the line of the medieval road (NHER 8127), which ran from Norwich through Sprowston to Rackheath, where possible medieval to post medieval settlement was recorded (NHER 50727, 50729 and 50730) on a similar alignment to the field boundaries identified above.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2709 1232 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG21SE |
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| Parish: | SPROWSTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 2008. Norfolk NMP.
Several linear ditch features were visible as cropmarks on (S1) and (S4), centred at TG 2704 1229. Their orientation appears to correspond with the Ordnance Survey 1st and 2nd edition field boundaries, and as such they have been assigned a medieval to post medieval date.
They are generally aligned roughly northwest-southeast, with perpendicular elements crossing on a northeast-southwest alignment. The field boundary depicted on the 1st and 2nd edition OS maps (S5)-(S6), is clearly visible, and is on the same alignment as these features. It is important to note that, due to a lack of control points, both (S1) and (S3) were rectified using (S2) as a map. The linear features to the north were mapped using (S4), which was not perfectly rectified due to a lack of control points, and was rectified using (S1). Therefore the location of these features must carry a health warning.
The medieval road (NHER 8127), which is marked on maps in 1585 and 1906, appears to run through the site. The exact line of the road is hard to judge, and due to the imperfect rectification of the aerial photographs, it is possible that these field boundaries may have respected the position of the road. See NHER 50730, 50729 and 50727 for a possibly related settlement site visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs, at least part of which appears to be on a similar alignment to the field boundaries described above.
E. Bales (NMP), 5 November 2008.
Monument Types
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/483 6054-5 06-JUL-1945 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2019 5103 18-APR-1947 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 58/775 (Vp1) 5038 21-AUG-1951 (NMR). |
| <S4> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1981. CUCAP (CPG1-2) 14-SEPT-1981 (CUCAP). |
| <S5> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1889 - 1891. Ordnance Survey first edition 6 inch map.. 1:10,560. |
| <S6> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902 - 1907. Ordnance Survey second edition 25" (1902 - 1907). |
Related records
| 8127 | Related to: Ravensgate Way, medieval road (Monument) |