Record Details
| NHER Number: | 54536 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Earthwork banks, part of possible road |
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Summary
A fragmentary linear bank is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs on land to the south of Brandon Road, Thetford. It appears to be an extension of the linear bank recorded under NHER 33729, which was interpreted as part of the possible Lakenheath Way.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 8559 8285 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL88SE |
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| Parish: | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
December 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A fragmentary linear bank is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1-S3) on land to the south of Brandon Road, Thetford. The bank runs for over 1km from TL 8508 8279 to TL 8610 8290 and measures up to 11m in width. It appears to be an extension of the linear bank recorded under NHER 33729, which was interpreted as part of the possible Lakenheath Way.
E. Bales (NMP), 14 Dec 2010.
January 2019. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The western end of the undated, possibly medieval to post medieval, earthwork bank described above, has been re-mapped from imagery from a lidar survey flown in 2015 (S4). Together with its continuation to the west, it has been recorded as part of the extensive boundaries, trackways and enclosures (NHER 61542) visible as earthworks within and around Thetford Warren.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 23rd January 2019.
Monument Types
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- DRAINAGE DITCH? (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- ROAD? (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/59 5387-8 05-FEB-1946 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF CPE/UK/1801 4134-5 25-OCT-1946 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1956. RAF 540/1778 0132 16-JAN-1956 (NHER TL8682B). |
| <S4> | LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Thetford Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial). |
Related records
| 61542 | Related to: Extensive remains of boundaries, enclosures, trackways and cultivation/plantation ridges across Thetford Warren (Monument) |