Post-medieval water meadow, neary Littlebury (EHER 82893)

A post-medieval water meadow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. The site is roughly centred at TL 5198 3938 and comprises a number of water channels in a parallel and perpendicular pattern that drain to the north, joining a a mill leat at TL 5193 3948.

NRHE data transfer: A post-medieval water meadow is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. The site is roughly centred at TL 5198 3938 and comprises a number of water channels in a parallel and perpendicular pattern that drain to the north, joining a a mill leat at TL 5193 3948. The water meadow extends over an area which measures about 200m north/south by 105m wide and occupies part of the flat floodplain between the River Cam to the west and a mill leat to the east and north. The water meadow may originally have continued southwards between the river and the leat. <1> <2>