NHER 68831 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Earthwork of a former watercourse adjacent to Wendling Abbey

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A broad, irregular ditch, probably a former watercourse, is visible as an earthwork on visualised lidar data, adjacent to the site of medieval Wendling Abbey (NHER 7281). It may represent an earlier course of Wendling Beck, which lies to its north, but may also have been created and/or augmented to operate as part of the water management system surrounding the abbey site. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently (2017) it is probable that the earthwork still survives.

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Map sheet TF91SW
Civil Parish WENDLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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April 2025. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
A broad, irregular ditch, probably a former watercourse, is visible as an earthwork on visualised lidar data (S1), adjacent to the site of medieval Wendling Abbey (NHER 7281). It may represent an earlier course of Wendling Beck, which lies to its north, but may also have been created and/or augmented to operate as part of the water management system surrounding the abbey site. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently (2017) it is probable that the earthwork still survives.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 14 April 2025.

  • <S1> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF91SW DTM 1m 17 to 24-NOV-2017.

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Aug 29 2025 4:32PM

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