NHER 61561 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Undated bank, possibly part of the Icknield Way

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Summary

An undated, fragmentary bank, is visible as an earthwork on imagery from a lidar survey flown in 2015. It may be part of the Icknield Way, recorded immediately to the southwest (in Suffolk) as SHER ELV 016, and to the northeast (in Norfolk) as NHER 1398. An alternative (but not necessarily mutually exclusive) interpretation, is it is a boundary bank, perhaps relating to Thetford Warren (NHER 54069). The recent date of the lidar survey suggests that the earthwork probably still survives.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL88SE
Civil Parish THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

November 2018. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
An undated, fragmentary bank, is visible as an earthwork on imagery from a lidar survey flown in 2015 (S1). It may be part of the Icknield Way, recorded immediately to the southwest (in Suffolk) as SHER ELV 016, and to the northeast (in Norfolk) as NHER 1398. A projected line of the Icknield Way, recorded by the National Record of the Historic Environment (S2), lies very close to the line of the bank. An alternative (but not necessarily mutually exclusive) interpretation, is it is a boundary bank, perhaps relating to Thetford Warren (NHER 54069; see too NHER 61542). The recent date of the lidar survey suggests that the earthwork probably still survives.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 2 November 2018.

  • <S1> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Thetford Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).
  • <S2> Digital Dataset: Historic England. Historic England Research Record (formerly National Record for the Historic Environment; formerly National Monument Record). Unique Identifier: 1044077, LINEAR 441; http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1044077.

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Record last edited

Feb 28 2023 6:13PM

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