Record Details
| NHER Number: | 29831 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of undated field boundaries, a droveway and a bomb crater |
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Summary
A possible undated ring ditch and the cropmarks of undated field boundaries and a droveway are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1989. RAF aerial photographs taken in 1946 show that the ring ditch cropmark actually relates to a Second World War bomb crater.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9149 2845 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF92NW |
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| Parish: | PUDDING NORTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
29 June 1989. NAU air photography.
Possible ring ditch and cropmarks of field boundaries and droveway.
D. Edwards (NAU), 29 June 1989.
July 2011
RAF aerial photographs taken in 1946 show that the possible ring ditch cropmark rekates to a large bomb crater in an area of allotments (S2). It is possible that it was mistakenly aimed at the nearby prisoner of war camp NHER 55867.
J. Albone (HES), 26 July 2011
Monument Types
- DROVE ROAD (Unknown date)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Unknown date)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- ROAD (Unknown date)
- BOMB CRATER (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D, NLA. 1989. NHER TF 9128 AU-AX 230/DKV6-8 29-JUN-1989. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/50 6138 31-JAN-1946 (NHER TF9127A). |
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