Record Details
| NHER Number: | 61100 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bank of probable medieval to post-medieval date, possibly associated with Santon warren |
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Summary
An earthwork bank, identified during a site visit and visible on imagery from a 2015 lidar survey, is likely to be of medieval to post-medieval date. It perhaps relates to the southern boundary of Santon warren (NHER 54065). It may also be associated with some of the features recorded as part of NHER 62073.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 8188 8817 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL88NW |
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| Parish: | LYNFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
August 2014. Breaking New Ground field visit. HA 22.
An earthwork bank, visible in places beneath dense bracken. Up to 4m wide and up to 0.2m high.
This bank is located close to the southern edge of Santon Warren (NHER 54065). As a result, it may have been created to define the boundary of the warren.
D. Robertson (HES), 27 July 2015.
February 2018. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The undated bank described above is visible as an earthwork on imagery from a lidar survey (S1) [1]. It may be of medieval to post-medieval date, and mark the southern boundary of Santon warren (NHER 54065). It may also be associated with some of the features recorded as part of NHER 62073.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 4 February 2018.
Monument Types
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
- BOUNDARY BANK (Unknown date)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- BOUNDARY BANK (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- RABBIT WARREN? (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1>XY | LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Santon Forest Research 0.5m DTM 15-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial). [Mapped feature: #63963 Extent of earthworks based on a LiDAR survey., ENF140914] |
Related records
| 62073 | Part of: Irregular spread of boundary banks, ditches, and trackways, of probable medieval to post-medieval date (Monument) |
| 54065 | Part of: Medieval to post medieval rabbit warren, Santon (Monument) |
| 60123 | Related to: Banks of probable medieval to post-medieval date, possibly associated with Santon warren (Monument) |
| 61083 | Related to: Possible warren bank at Santon Street (Monument) |
| 61085 | Related to: Possible warren bank at Santon Street (Monument) |
| 61088 | Related to: Possible warren bank at Santon Street (Monument) |
| 61099 | Related to: Possible warren bank at Santon Street (Monument) |