NHER 9211 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of undated bank in Folly Plantation

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Summary

A large bank has been recorded in Folly Plantation close to Harlingwood Lane. Harling Wood was a very large wood owned by the Manor of East Harling and is recorded in the 16th century although it was probably older. The bank may have been a boundary for this wood. The bank and plantation have now both gone.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM09SE
Civil Parish	OLD BUCKENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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'In Harlingwood Lane, near where Cuffer Lane falls into it, in a plantation called 'The Folly', is a part of a very large bank, the rest of which has been carried away and spread over adjacent lands.
See (S1).

1960.
A. Whittingham (church architect) saw a bank with a ditch on either side, total width 9m (30 feet), between above grid references (approximately). Folly Plantation has been completely cleared and ploughed over; no trace at all of bank.
E. Rose (NAU), 18 November 1976.

Harling Wood was a very large wood owned by the Manor of East Harling and is recorded in the 16th century probably it was older. Was this bank its boundary?
Information from P. Routledge (Norfolk Records Officer)
E. Rose (NAU), 7 November 1983.

June 2012. Norfolk NMP.
The bank described above is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S2) in 1944, stretching between TM 0822 9174 and TM 0864 9182 and measuring approximately 9m in width. It has clearly been ploughed level by 1970 (S3).
E. Bales (NMP), 12th June 2012.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Buckenham, Old.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF6313 Publication: Harrod, H. 1857. Gleanings among the Castles and Convents of Norfolk.
<S2> SNF83830 Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC264 5051-2 31-MAR-1944 (NMR).
<S3> SNF84048 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1970. OS/70282 165-6 31-JUL-1970 (NMR).