Record Details
NHER Number: | 45001 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Earthworks of medieval to post medieval ditches and trackway |
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Summary
Earthworks and cropmarks of field boundary and drainage ditches of probable medieval to post medieval date are visible on aerial photographs. Their alignment corresponds to that of the surrounding field boundaries and some of the earthwork boundaries are shown on the 1840 Ellingham tithe map.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TM 3565 9278 |
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Map Sheet: | TM39SE |
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Parish: | ELLINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
August 2006. Norfolk NMP
Earthworks and cropmarks of field boundary and drainage ditches of probable medieval to post medieval date are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S3). These earthworks and cropmarks are centred on TM 3566 9279. Earthworks of a group of rectilinear enclosures or fields were present to the north of Old Hall Farm. Their alignment corresponds to that of the surrounding field boundaries and some of the earthwork boundaries are shown on the 1840 Ellingham tithe map (S4). It is likely that these enclosures are fields of medieval to post medieval date. A track of probable post medieval date cuts across the field boundaries on a roughly northwest to southeast alignment. Although the features were visible as earthworks in 1975 (S2), they had been levelled and the field taken in arable cultivation by 1977. However, the features were still visible as cropmarks at that date (S3).
J. Albone (NMP), 22 August 2006.
Monument Types
- DITCH (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- DRAINAGE DITCH (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- TRACKWAY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
<S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/930 4094-5 16-OCT-1945 (NHER TM 3592A / TM 3692A). |
<S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1975. NHER TM 3592A-B (NLA 20/ADV12-3) 28-JUL-1975. |
<S3> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TM 3592C-D (NLA 56/ALF8-9) 02-AUG-1977. |
<S4> | Map: Corby, R.. 1840. Ellingham tithe map.. |
Related records
56796 | Part of: Ellingham Park (Monument) |