NHER 63242 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Post-medieval and modern boundaries and plantation ridges
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
March 2019. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
Boundaries and blocks of probable plantation ridges, of post-medieval to modern date, are visible as earthworks on imagery from a lidar survey flown in 2015 (S1). Many of the boundaries correspond with those depicted on the Tithe Map (S2), or historical Ordnance Survey maps (S3-S4). The blocks of ridges, which have been mapped only by extent, appear to be contemporary with at least one phase of boundaries, but do not conform to the planting pattern visible on the consulted aerial photographs taken from the 1940s onwards (those that do have not been mapped). As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently, it is probable that the earthworks still survive.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 18 March 2019.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF94129 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Weeting Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).
- <S2> SNF50969 Map: Tithe map. Methwold Tithe Map.
- <S3> SNF53293 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560.
- <S4> SNF73882 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey second edition 25 inch (1902-7) map. 25 inches to 1 mile.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)
- BOUNDARY (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD to 2100 AD)
- BOUNDARY BANK (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD to 2100 AD)
- BOUNDARY DITCH (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD to 2100 AD)
- CULTIVATION MARKS (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD to 2100 AD)
- PLANTATION (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD to 2100 AD)
- PLANTATION BANK (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD to 2100 AD)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Feb 28 2023 5:57PM