NHER 59586 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Undated earthwork bank at Bunker's Hill

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Summary

A low earthwork bank, about 4m wide and up to 0.3m tall, was identified during a field visit. Its date and origin are uncertain. It is probably the same feature as a right-angled bank visible slightly further to the east on imagery from a lidar survey flown in 2015. This was recorded as part of a more extensive group of multi-period boundaries and trackways NHER 61516. As the lidar was flown relatively recently, it is probable that the earthwork still survives.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL79SE
Civil Parish WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

July 2013. Field visit.
Low earthwork bank, about 4m wide and up to 0.3m tall. Its location was recorded using a handheld GPS unit (which struggled to secure a signal under the dense tree canopy).
The southwestern end of the bank is adjacent to NHER 25487. If NHER 25487 is a prehistoric burial mound, the bank may respect it. If NHER 25487 was produced during post medieval/modern quarrying, it is likely some of the bank has been lost.
The bank does not appear on the tithe map (S1) or the Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch map (S2).
D. Robertson (HES), 14 August 2013.

April 2019. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The undated earthwork bank described above is probably the same feature as a right-angled bank visible slightly further to the east (between TL 7699 9110 and TL 7701 9115) on imagery from a lidar survey flown in 2015 (S3). This was recorded as part of a more extensive group of multi-period boundaries and trackways NHER 61516. As the lidar was flown relatively recently, it is probable that the earthwork still survives.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 18th April 2019.

  • <S1> Map: Lenny and Croft. 1839. Weeting with Bromehill tithe map.
  • <S2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. Ordnance Survey 6 inch map.
  • <S3> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Weeting Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).

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Record last edited

Jan 31 2020 6:43PM

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