Record Details
| NHER Number: | 42177 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Earthworks of drainage ditches or possible water meadow |
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Summary
Earthworks of possible post medieval narrow ridge and furrow are visible on aerial photographs. These may date to the period of the Naploeonic Wars (1793-1815) when new areas of land, including on the marshes, were converted to arable as a result of high grain prices.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 47704 09789 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG40NE |
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| Parish: | MAUTBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 2005. Norfolk NMP.
Earthworks of possible post medieval narrow ridge and furrow are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). These earthworks are centred on TG 4771 0979. A group of parallel furrows are present on a roughly northwest to southeast alignment that matches the surrounding field boundaries and drainage ditches. Information from [1] suggests that these are the remains of narrow ridge and furrow. It is possible that they date to the period of the Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815) when grain prices were high and areas of the marshland were taken into arable cultivation (S3). Alternatively, these channels could be part of a system of drainage ditches.
J. Albone (NMP), 28 November 2005
Monument Types
- DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- DRAINAGE DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- NARROW RIDGE AND FURROW (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 4030-1 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TG 4708B / TG 4808A). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 540/465 3183-4 20-APR-1951 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Monograph: Williamson, T.. 1997. The Norfolk Broads: A Landscape History.. pp 61-62. |
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