Record Details

NHER Number:41076
Type of record:Monument
Name:Cockthorpe Common

Summary

Various earthworks of medieval date survive on the Common, indicating that the Common was under cultivation in the medieval period. The earthworks include cultivation terraces and the remains of former trackways, a medieval wood bank and post medieval quarry sites.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 98463 42952
Map Sheet:TF94SE
Parish:BINHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
COCKTHORPE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Common land with earthworks of trackways, bank, wood boundaries, quarries, etc.
See (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 4 January 2005.

Monument Types

  • BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
  • TRACKWAY (Unknown date)
  • COMMON LAND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WOOD BANK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • QUARRY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Document: Taylor, C.C.. 1993. Cockthorpe Common.

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