NHER 61090 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Field and plantation boundary bank at Laines Farm

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Summary

An earthwork bank constructed to act as the southern boundary to 'Barn Belt' plantation. This bank, along with other field and plantation boundaries in the area (NHER 61091, 61092 and 61093), are particularly important as they represent, and are surviving evidence for, the subdivision of Santon Warren (NHER 54065) during the 19th century.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL88NW
Civil Parish LYNFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

October 2014. Breaking New Ground field visit. HA 26.
Bank, aligned westnorthwest to eastsoutheast. About 330m long, up to 8m wide and up to 0.4m tall.
On the line of a wood/field boundary on (S1), which suggests it was constructed as the southern boundary to 'Barn Belt' plantation.
This bank, along with other field and plantation boundaries in the area (NHER 61091 and 61092), are particularly important as they represent, and are surviving evidence for, the subdivision of Santon Warren (NHER 54065) during the 19th century.
D. Robertson (HES), 27 July 2015.

April 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The post medieval to modern boundary bank described above is visible as an earthwork on imagery from a recent lidar survey (S2). It has not been mapped as it is depicted on modern and historical Ordnance Survey maps.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 6th April 2017.

  • <S1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. Ordnance Survey 6 inch map.
  • <S2> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Santon Forest Research 0.5m DTM 15-JUN-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).

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Record last edited

May 29 2025 9:21AM

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