Record Details
| NHER Number: | 61541 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Small undated rectilinear enclosure, perhaps post medieval and related to warrening |
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Summary
Three sides of a small, rectilinear enclosure, perhaps of post-medieval date and related to warrening, are visible as earthworks on imagery from a lidar survey flown in 2015. Whether the fourth, southern side ever existed is not known. The enclosure is one of many such sites visible across what was Thetford Warren (NHER 54069); some are depicted on 19th and 20th-century maps. They were perhaps used to trap the rabbits, or for growing fodder crops.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 8375 8432 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL88SW |
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| Parish: | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
February 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
Three sides of a small, rectilinear enclosure, perhaps of post-medieval date and related to warrening, are visible as earthworks on imagery from a lidar survey flown in 2015 (S1). Whether the fourth, southern side ever existed is not known. The enclosure is one of many such sites visible across what was Thetford Warren (NHER 54069); some are depicted on 19th and 20th-century maps. They were perhaps used to trap the rabbits, or for growing fodder crops.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 16 February 2017.
Monument Types
- RABBIT WARREN (Unknown date)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- STOCK ENCLOSURE? (Unknown date)
- RABBIT WARREN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- STOCK ENCLOSURE? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | 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
| 54069 | Part of: Thetford Warren (Monument) |