Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4205 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Earthworks of a probable medieval road known as Brancaster Lane |
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Summary
An earthwork ditch, which may relate to a section of sunken medieval road known as Brancaster Lane, are seen as earthworks on visualised lidar data. As the lidar survey was flown restively recently (2017) it is likely that the earthworks still survive. The area used to be called Brancaster Common.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 8750 1337 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF81SE |
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| Parish: | LITTLE DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Road on (S1).
Ordnance Survey marks site as 'Brancaster Lane' origin of name?
E. Rose (NAU).
December 1993.
[1] reports that the south edge of the wood called Spoil Bank is marked by sunken way flanked by ditches. This is likely
to be the true course of Brancaster Lane. The area was called Brancaster Common.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 January 1994.
January 2024. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
An earthwork ditch, which may relate to a previously recorded (see above) section of sunken medieval road known as Brancaster Lane, is seen as on visualised lidar data (S2). The alignment of the road is also visible on the Tithe map (S3) and the Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6" map (S4). As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently (2017) it is likely that the earthworks still survive. Sections of earthwork bank can be seen to the north of the sunken road on S1. It is possible that the mapped sections of bank may relate to the sunken road or possibly to a post medieval boundary. However, it is also possible that the sections of bank could relate to modern features.
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 15 January 2024.
Monument Types
- ROAD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROAD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOUNDARY BANK? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Dunham, Little. |
| <S1> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
| <S2> | LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF81SE DTM 1m 17 to 24-NOV-2017. |
| <S3> | Map: Utting. J. Lynn Regis. 1838. Little Dunham tithe map. |
| <S4> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560. |
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