Proposed New Quarry, Land at Rawhall Lane, Beetley, Norfolk. A Geophysical Survey

Between 7th December 2020 and 12th January 2021 Archaeological Solutions Ltd carried out a magnetic gradiometer survey on land at Rawhall Lane, Beetley, Norfolk (NGR TF 95376 18224; Site code ENF150598; CNF49037). The survey was successful in identifying and confirming the location of several features recorded in the NHER, including two ring ditches and associated features, and a length of former trackway or field boundary bank. In addition, the survey also identified a network of linear features occupying the central portion of the surveyed area, possibly forming up to three rectilinear enclosures. It is not clear whether these enclosures were coeval with one another nor to which archaeological period they might belong. A number of unassociated linear responses were also recorded, which probably relate to former field boundaries along with several pit type features or pit clusters, again focussed towards the central portion of the site. Linear anomalous responses were also recorded corresponding to the locations of historical land divisions and boundaries derived from map sources.