Record Details
| NHER Number: | 35566 |
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| Type of record: | Cropmark and Earthwork |
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| Name: | The cropmarks of probable field boundaries of an unknown date |
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Summary
The cropmarks of probable field boundaries, of an unknown, but possible medieval to post medieval date are visible on aerial photographs. The features have also been previously interpreted as relating to possible later prehistoric or Roman settlement.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2314 2888 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG22NW |
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| Parish: | COLBY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
21 April 1971. Ordnance Survey aerial photography.
Positive cropmarks.
Settlement, possibly Roman or prehistoric.
See (S1)
D. Voisey (NLA), 4 March 1996.
March 2023. Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
The cropmarks of probable field boundaries (see above), of an unknown date are visible on aerial photographs (S2-S5). The date of the features is uncertain. The features likely relate to medieval to post medieval field boundaries and may have formed part of a wider field system. However, the possibility that the features may relate to Iron Age to Roman boundaries or possible settlement features, although less likely, cannot be ruled out. The cropmarks of former post medieval boundaries recorded on the readily accessible historic maps, also visible across the area on S6 and S7. As the features have been recorded in good detail on the historic maps, they have not been mapped by the project. The monument polygon has been extended to the extent of the features as seen on S4-S5.
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 30 March 2023.
Monument Types
- BOUNDARY (Unknown date)
- BOUNDARY DITCH (Unknown date)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Unknown date)
- SETTLEMENT? (Unknown date)
- SETTLEMENT? (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- BOUNDARY (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
- BOUNDARY DITCH (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC? to 409 AD?)
- SETTLEMENT? (Roman - 43 AD 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?)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1971. OS 71-088-234. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Drawing: Voisey, D.. 1995. Cropmark transcriptions compiled from the Norfolk Air Photo Library Ordnance Survey Collection. |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Oblique Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. NMR 26422_017 13-AUG-2009. |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 01-JUL-2006 Accessed 06-FEB-2023. |
| <S4> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 25-MAY-2011 Accessed 30-MAR-2023. |
| <S5> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 07-AUG-2020 Accessed 06-FEB-2023. |
| <S6> | Map: James Wright, Aylsham. 1839. Colby Tithe Map. 1 inch: 3 chains. |
| <S7> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560. |
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