Record Details
| NHER Number: | 61080 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Probable garden earthworks associated with 18th century Lynford Hall |
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Summary
A group of irregular earthworks within Lynford Park (NHER 30470), including possible scarps/banks that may define a platform, a ditch on the east of the possible platform, and a number poorly defined undulations. These earthworks could be garden features associated with the first and/or 18th century Lynford Hall (NHER 5138).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 8192 9353 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL89SW |
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| Parish: | LYNFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 2014. Rapid Identification Survey. HA 124.
A group of irregular earthworks survives in the southwest of a paddock within Lynford Park (NHER 30470). It includes possible scarps/banks that may define a platform, a ditch on the east of the possible platform and a number poorly defined undulations.
These earthworks could be the remains of garden features associated with the original and/or 18th century Lynford Hall (NHER 5138). They were within parkland by 1856, as shown on as map in (S1).
D. Robertson (HES), 24 July 2015.
May 2019. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
Multiple banks and ditches are seen as earthworks on visualised lidar data (S2).
These earthworks have not been transcribed separately - the transcription has been recorded as part of NHER 30470 along with further features relating to Lynford Park and Gardens identified from the Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) survey. The mapped extent of this existing HER record has however been amended to correlate with the location and extent of the feature on the lidar imagery [1].
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 14 May 2019. Amended by H. Hamilton (HES), 2 February 2021.
Monument Types
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GARDEN FEATURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PLATFORM (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Map: Fairbrother, Clark and Lye. 1856. Sale Particulars of Lynford Hall Estate. |
| <S2>XY | LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Lynford Forest Research 0.5m DTM 15-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial). [Mapped feature: #65033 Extent of earthworks based on a LiDAR survey., ENF145328] |
Related records
| 30470 | Part of: Lynford Hall Park (Monument) |