NHER 63083 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Undated bank and ditches - possibly relating to boundary banks

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Summary

A series of earthwork bank and ditches, most likely of post medieval date, are seen on visualised lidar data. The large approximately north west – south east bank in the centre of the area, along with the earthworks at TL 7949 9476 and TL 7998 9460, are most likely the remains of a plantation boundary mapped on the Tithe map, First and Second edition Ordnance Survey maps. The banks which abut and run parallel to the central bank may have been earlier boundaries or extensions to the plantation boundary. The curved bank and ditches at TL 7955 9473 may have been part of an enclosure or may have related to forestry. These features most likely date to the post medieval period and are within an area of Second World War training (NHER 63082).

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Location

Map sheet	TL79SE
Civil Parish	DIDLINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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March 2019. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A series of earthwork bank and ditches, most likely of post medieval date, are seen on visualised lidar data (S1-S2). The large approximately north west – south east bank in the centre of the area, along with the earthworks at TL 7949 9476 and TL 7998 9460, are most likely the remains of a plantation boundary mapped on the Tithe map, First and Second edition Ordnance Survey maps (S3-S5). The banks which abut and run parallel to the central bank may have been earlier boundaries or extensions to the plantation boundary. The curved bank and ditches at TL 7955 9473 may have been part of an enclosure or may have related to forestry. These features most likely date to the post medieval period and are within an area of Second World War training (NHER 63082).
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 5th March 2019.

Associated Sources (5)

<S1> SNF94129 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Lynford Forest Research 0.5m DTM 15-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).
<S2> SNF94129 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR TL 7994 Environment Agency 1m DTM 31-MAY-2017.
<S3> SNF50969 Map: Tithe map. Didlington tithe map.
<S4> SNF53293 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560.
<S5> SNF73882 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey second edition 25 inch (1902-7) map. 25 inches to 1 mile.