Record Details

NHER Number:31018
Type of record:Monument
Name:Medieval to post medieval earthwork bank

Summary

A medieval to post medieval earthwork bank survives here as an earthwork. The bank forms part of the parish boundary.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 2304 1508
Map Sheet:TG21NW
Parish:HORSHAM ST FAITH AND NEWTON ST FAITH, BROADLAND, NORFOLK
SPIXWORTH, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

July 1992. Desk-based Assessment.
Earthwork bank.
Recorded as being 1.5m high and 1.5 to 2.8m wide at base; shown on 1802 map of Horsham (S1) as dividing two furlongs of strip field.
Partly a parish boundary bank.
See report (S2) for further details.
E. Rose (NAU) 1 February 1995. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 January 2017.

Monument Types

  • BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PARISH BOUNDARY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

<S1>Map: 1802. Inclosure Award and maps, Horsford, Horsham St Faith and Newton.
<S2>Unpublished Contractor Report: Hedges, J. W. 1992. Consultancy Report on the Known Archaeology and Archaeological Potential of Grange Farm, Spixworth, Norfolk. Tempvs Repartatvm. p 7.

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