Record Details
| NHER Number: | 26791 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Fragmented earthwork bank |
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Summary
A fragmented section of bank, about 700m long, is visible as an earthwork and appears to follow the course of drainage/boundary ditches. It would appear that the banks are in fact traces of modern activity to keep the drainage channels clear, although the clearing process may have gone on for a number of centuries.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7502 4433 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF74SE |
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| Parish: | TITCHWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
February 2001. NMP.
A fragmented section of bank, about 700m long, is visible as an earthwork running east to west between TF 7500 4421 - TF 7571 4429 on 1945 aerial photographs (S1). The earthwork is only faintly visible, and as with NHER 26788, appears to follow the course of drainage/boundary ditches. The earthworks are also visible on 1950 aerial photographs (S2). It seems that the earthwork banks are in fact spoil heaps, created during ditch clearance. This area is also marked on Faden's 1797 map (S3) as 'Titchwell Marsh drained'. It would appear that the banks are in fact traces of modern activity to keep the drainage channels clear, although the clearing process may have gone on for a number of centuries.
A. Hunt (NMP), 6 February 2001.
Monument Types
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Early 20th Century to 21st Century - 1901 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK 369 Frms 4186-4188 8-JUN-1945 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1950. RAF 541/442 Frm 4003 28-FEB-1950 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
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