NHER 25328 (Monument record) - War Dyke medieval flood bank
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF51NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CLENCHWARTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | TILNEY ALL SAINTS, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Name is a corruption of Bardyke.
Called War Bank on six inch Ordnance Survey map.
Floodbank dividing two parishes; survives in central section to over two metres high, but flattened eslewhere.
Probably same as the Indyke breached in 1337 (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 6 July 1989.
April-June 1998. Watching Brief.
King's Lynn to Sutton Bridge Trunk Water Main (Plot 5).
Observation of works for laying of pipeline.
Largely flattened, cut by pipe route; shallow disturbed section showed natural silt make up.
See report (S2) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.38 and NWHCM : 2017.417).
P. Watkins (HES), 18 March 2015. Amended 17 May 2019.
Associated Sources (2)
- <S1> SNF8173 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1988. The Fenland Project Number 3: Marshland and Nar Valley, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 45. p 53.
- <S2> SNF67529 Unpublished Contractor Report: Crowson, A. 1998. King's Lynn to Sutton Bridge Trunk Water Main. Archaeological Survey and Watching Brief. Part II. Topsoil Strip Watching Brief: Finds Collection, Metal Detecting and Excavation. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 364.
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Record last edited
May 17 2019 7:38PM