Record Details

NHER Number:38331
Type of record:Monument
Name:Probable post medieval wood and road bank

Summary

An earthwork bank is clearly visible on aerial photographs of this area that were taken in 1946 and 1955. It probably served as a wood boundary bank and defined the line of a road which is marked on Bryant's 1826 map of Norfolk. It is probably post medieval in date, although it could be earlier.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 16331 41088
Map Sheet:TG14SE
Parish:BEESTON REGIS, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Norfolk NMP, September 2003.
An earthwork bank is clearly visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1946 (S1) and 1955 (S2). It can also be seen on Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography images from 1955 (S3). This bank is approximately 290m in length, running from NGR TG1620 4102 to TG1645 4115 (centre TG1631 4111). It seems likely that this is both a boundary bank (or wood bank) to the wooded area to the west (see also NHER 9872) and also marking the line of a road, which can be seen on Bryant’s 1826 map of Norfolk (S4). This suggests that it would date to at least the post medieval period.
This feature is no longer visible on later aerial photographs. It has clearly been ploughed out by the time the 1968 Ordnance Survey aerial photographs (S5) were taken.
H. Clare (NMP) 22 September 2003.

Monument Types

  • BOUNDARY BANK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ROAD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WOOD BANK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

<S1>Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 4212-3 07-JUN-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG14/TG 1641A & TG 1541B).
<S2>Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1955. RAF 82/1214 (F22) 0211-2 06-JUN-1955 (NMR).
<S3>Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1955. NMR TG 1641/4 (CUCAP PU14) 18-JUN-1955.
<S4>Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.
<S5>Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1968. OS/68082 027-8 25-APR-1968 (NMR).

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