Record Details

NHER Number:40146
Type of record:Monument
Name:Undated bank and ditch

Summary

An undated bank and ditch were identified during a walkover survey of this area in 2003.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 19474 16648
Map Sheet:TG11NE
Parish:HORSFORD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Late 2003. Earthwork Survey.
Walkover survey of land to north of Horsford Castle.
Site 10:
Substantial and well-defined bank and ditch which links to a scarp forming the south-western edge of the farm buildings of Mill Lane Farm. Significant form suggests a feature of some age, along it does not correspond with anything mark on early cartographic sources.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this survey are also noted in (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 June 2015.

Monument Types

  • BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
  • DITCH (Unknown date)
  • BANK (EARTHWORK) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

<S1>Unpublished Contractor Report: Cushion, B. 2003. Horsford. Archaeological Earthwork Investigation North of Castle. Brian Cushion Archaeological & Cartographical Surveyor.
<S2>Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. 2004. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2003. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt III pp 573-588. p 578.

Related records

40139Parent of: Horsford Castle Park (Monument)
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