Record Details
| NHER Number: | 62113 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible site of medieval settlement |
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Summary
Bank-defined enclosures and boundaries, possibly relating to medieval settlement, are visible on aerial photographs as earthworks and, subsequently, soilmarks. They may be part of the medieval settlement of Santon (NHER 5688), which lies immediately to their east, and finds from the area (NHER 31637) would support this interpretation. However, like the 19th century gravel pit visible in the same field, they could be of more recent origin, and perhaps, at least in part, relate to modern agricultural activity, or even Second World War military activity (see NHER 62112 to the south and NHER 62111 to the west). No trace of the earthworks appears to now survive above ground.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 8251 8744 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL88NW |
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| Parish: | LYNFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
Bank-defined enclosures and boundaries, possibly relating to medieval settlement, are visible on aerial photographs as earthworks (S1) and, subsequently, soilmarks (S2). They may be part of the medieval settlement of Santon (NHER 5688), which lies immediately to their east, and finds from the area (NHER 31637) would support this interpretation. However, like the 19th century gravel pit visible in the same field (not mapped by the project but shown on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 6-inch map (S3)), they could be of more recent origin, and perhaps, at least in part, relate to gravel extraction, modern agricultural activity, or even Second World War military activity (see NHER 62112 to the south and NHER 62111 to the west). Imagery from a recent lidar survey (S4) suggests that no trace of the earthworks appears to now survive above ground, although the earthwork of gravel pit is still evident.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 23 November 2017.
Monument Types
- BOUNDARY BANK? (Unknown date)
- BUILDING PLATFORM? (Unknown date)
- SQUARE ENCLOSURE? (Unknown date)
- BOUNDARY BANK? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- BUILDING PLATFORM? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- DESERTED SETTLEMENT? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- SQUARE ENCLOSURE? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/106G/LA/227 FP 1129, 1155 17-APR-1945 (HEA Original Print). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/82/1204 F22 0054-0055 02-JUN-1955 (HEA Original Print). |
| <S3> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1886 - 1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560. |
| <S4> | LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Santon Forest Research 0.5m DTM 15-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial). |
Related records
| 62111 | Related to: Fragmentary, probably multi-period earthworks (Monument) |
| 5688 | Related to: Medieval moated site and Santon deserted medieval village at St Helen's picnic site (Monument) |