NHER 55808 (Monument record) - Parish boundary bank between Didlington and Colveston

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Summary

A bank and ditch that defined the boundary between Didlington and Colverston parishes is seen on visualised lidar data and field visits . The boundary ceased to serve this function during the 20th century when Colverston parish was united with that of Didlington.

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Location

Map sheet	TL79NE
Ecclesiastical	COLVESTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	DIDLINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Decmeber 2010. Field visit.
A bank and ditch, both at least 2m wide and 0.3m high/deep.
The features marked the boundary between Didlington and Colverston parishes, as shown on the Tithe Map (S1) and the First Edition Ordnance Survey map (S2). Colverston parish was united with that of Didlington during the 20th century.
D. Robertson (HES), 15 July 2011.

November 2018. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A bank and ditch of a probable post-medieval date are seen as an earthworks on visualised lidar data (S3). The earthworks are most likely the parish boundary between Didlington and Colveston and can be seen on the Tithe map (S4) as well as the First and Second Edition Ordnance Survey map (S5-S6).
The mapped extent of this bank and ditch has been refined and expanded from a line into a polygon [1].
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 14 November 2018.

Associated Sources (6)

<S1> SNF65595 Map: Millard, W.S. & Son. 1844. Didlington tithe map.
<S2> SNF7512 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. Ordnance Survey 6 inch map.
<S3>XY SNF94129 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Ickburgh Forest Research 0.5m DTM 15-JUN-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial). [Mapped feature: #64980 Extent of earthworks based on a LiDAR survey., ENF145328]
<S4> SNF50969 Map: Tithe map. Didlington tithe.
<S5> SNF53293 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560.
<S6> SNF73882 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey second edition 25 inch (1902-7) map. 25 inches to 1 mile.