Record Details

NHER Number:36349
Type of record:Monument
Name:Cropmarks of medieval or post medieval enclosure

Summary

An enclosure is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in 1996. It probably represents medieval or post medieval enclosure of land on Loughen Common.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 1755 9573
Map Sheet:TM19NE
Parish:FORNCETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

2 July 1996. NLA air photography.
Cropmark of three sides of rectangular enclosure. The feature appears to be a continuation of the enclosed land on Loughen Common - probably done in medieval or post medieval period. This 'common' has then been encroached by arable land.
S. Massey (NLA), 26 July 2001.

Monument Types

  • ENCLOSURE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TM 1795S-U.

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