Record Details
| NHER Number: | 62066 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Boundaries and trackways of possible medieval to post-medieval date |
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Summary
Boundaries and trackways of unknown but possibly medieval to post-medieval date are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and imagery from a 2015 lidar survey. At their eastern end, where most of the trackways are visible, they extend around St Helen’s Well (NHER 5685) and St Helen’s Church (NHER 5684), and some at least may be associated with those sites. To the west, where several parallel boundary banks are visible, they coincide with what is recorded as the southern boundary of Santon rabbit warren (NHER 54065), and so may here be boundary banks associated with the warren. It is likely that most of the earthworks still survive.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 8374 8737 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL88NW |
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| Parish: | LYNFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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| THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
February 2018. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
Boundaries and trackways of unknown but possible medieval to post-medieval date are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S1) and imagery from a 2015 lidar survey (S2). At their eastern end, where most of the trackways are visible, they extend around St Helen’s Well (NHER 5685) and St Helen’s Church (NHER 5684), and some at least may be associated with those sites. The earthworks in this area are complex, and braided; they have been mapped mainly by extent rather than in detail. To the west, where several parallel boundary banks are visible, they coincide with what is recorded as the southern boundary of Santon rabbit warren (NHER 54065); here they may be boundary banks associated with the warren. The southern and northern banks at the western end have previously been recorded individually as NHER 61082 and 61083 respectively. Site visits to these two banks in 2014, combined with the fact that the lidar survey is fairly recent, suggests that it is likely that most of the earthworks still survive.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 2 February 2018.
Monument Types
- BOUNDARY BANK (Unknown date)
- TRACKWAY (Unknown date)
- BOUNDARY BANK (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- RABBIT WARREN (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- TRACKWAY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/59 V 5148-5149 05-FEB-1946 (HEA Original Print). |
| <S2> | 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
| 61082 | Parent of: Possible bank at Santon Street (Monument) |
| 61083 | Parent of: Possible warren bank at Santon Street (Monument) |
| 54065 | Part of: Medieval to post-medieval rabbit warren, Santon (Monument) |
| 60123 | Related to: Banks of probable medieval to post-medieval date, possibly associated with Santon warren (Monument) |
| 5684 | Related to: Site of St Helen's Church, Santon (Monument) |
| 61084 | Related to: Undated mound at Santon Street (Monument) |
| 62067 | Related to: Undated, possibly medieval to post-medieval, bank (Monument) |