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The ring ditch and horseshoe-shaped enclosure discussed below are now recorded separately as NHER 65646 and NHER 65647. The Rectilinear enclosure has also been recorded separately as NHER 65649.

3 July 1976. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs.
Show cropmark of large ring ditch and overlying horseshoe-shaped enclosure.
Plus adjacent rectangles on various alignments.
D. Edwards (NAU) 19 November 1985.

The horseshoe feature may be of recent origin.
Note a roofless building shown here on 1957 6in map.
Not on photograph.
E. Rose (NAU) 14 December 1988.

15 July 1996. NLA aerial photography.
Cropmarks still visible, indicating now removed fields and tracks, probably dating to medieval - post medieval periods.
These features appear to be contiguous with NHER 24978.
S. Massey (NLA) 15 October 2001.

July 2022. Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
A series of fragmented linear ditch features (see above) of a possible medieval to post medieval date, are seen as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1-S3). The features most likely relate to a series of boundaries, field boundaries and trackways possibly forming part of a field system. A possible medieval to post medieval rectilinear enclosure (NHER 65649) is also visible in the northeast (centred at approximately TG 2274 2779) of the area. The cropmarks of a possible bank feature can be seen in the south of the area (centred at approximately TG 2279 2749) which may have related to a medieval to post medieval plough headland. The features have been tentatively suggested to be medieval to post medieval in date and may have related to multiple phases. It is also possible that some elements of the site may be earlier (possibly Iron Age to Roman) in date. The cropmarks of post medieval boundaries recorded on the readily available historic maps (for example S3) are also visible on the consulted sources. These features have not been mapped as they are recorded in good detail on the historic maps. An area of dense geological cropmarks can be seen across the area and its possible that some of the mapped features may be natural in origin.
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 01 July 2022.

Monument Types

• BOUNDARY (Unknown date)
• BOUNDARY DITCH (Unknown date)
• ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
• RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
• SITE (Unknown date)
• TRACKWAY (Unknown date)
• RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
• BOUNDARY (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
• BOUNDARY DITCH (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
• BOUNDARY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
• BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
• FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
• FIELD SYSTEM? (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

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