NHER 61561 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Undated bank, possibly part of the Icknield Way
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL88SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
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.
Associated Sources (2)
- <S1> SNF94129 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Thetford Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).
- <S2> SNF89820 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.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (11)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- TRACKWAY? (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
- BOUNDARY BANK? (Unknown date)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- ROAD? (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- ROAD? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- TRACKWAY? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- BOUNDARY BANK? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (1)
Record last edited
Feb 28 2023 6:13PM