NHER 60131 (Monument record) - Boundary bank on Hockwold Heath
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
December 2013. Field visit.
A very low and spread bank that is hard to identify on the ground. It is 7-10m wide and no more
than 0.5m tall. It marks a boundary shown on the Hockwold tithe map (S1); sections of this
boundary were still in use in the 1880s when the Ordnance Survey First Edition 6 inch map (S2) was produced.
D. Robertson (HES), 31 July 2014.
October 2016. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The earthworks of boundary are clearly visible on the 0.5m resolution Lidar data (S3). The site has been extended to the northwest to include further surviving areas of this boundary bank [1]. It has not been mapped due to it being recorded on historic map sources and the lidar.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 10 October 2016.
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> SNF50467 Map: 1840. Tithe Award Map.
- <S2> SNF7512 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. Ordnance Survey 6 inch map.
- <S3>XY SNF94129 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Weeting Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial). [Mapped feature: #63957 Extent of earthworks based on a LiDAR survey., ENF141031]
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jul 23 2025 8:08AM