NHER 52601 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Field or heath boundary bank

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Summary

A low earthwork bank, possibly a field or heath boundary.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG21NW
Civil Parish HORSFORD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

January 2009. Field visit.
A low earthwork bank, about 3m wide, up to 0.5m tall, topped with a thorn hedge.
It is shown as a field boundary on the tithe map (S1) and Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6-inch map (S2); it could mark the southern boundary of Horsford Heath and Warren as shown on Faden's map of 1797 (S3).
D. Robertson (NLA), 9 January 2008.

  • <S1> Map: Wright, R. 1841. Horsford tithe map.
  • <S2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. Ordnance Survey 6 inch map.
  • <S3> Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.

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Record last edited

Sep 1 2023 7:58AM

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