Monument record STN 062 - Post medieval boundary banks

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Summary

A group of three parallel boundary banks is depicted on a late 19th century Ordnance Survey map and is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery. The banks still partially survive as earthworks. They form part of a larger group of post medieval boundaries recorded as SHER STN 156.

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Grid reference	Centred TL 8088 8506 (88m by 411m) Centred on
Map sheet	TL88NW
Civil Parish	SANTON DOWNHAM, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Treble linear N-S banks & ditches with mature pines (and some birch) growing on top. Extent N & S unknown (S1). Lays within enclosure earthwork STN 061.

November 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The parallel banks described above, which are for the most part depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch map (S2), are also visible as earthworks (now partially levelled) on aerial photographs and lidar imagery. They have been mapped and recorded as part of a larger group of post medieval boundaries SHER STN 156; see that record for details.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 3rd November 2017.

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF20079 (No record type): SAU, Pendleton C, annotated map, October 1996.
<M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. (S1).
<S2> SSX55043 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map. Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch map.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Part of: Post medieval boundaries at High Lodge (Monument) (STN 156)

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Record last edited

Jan 12 2018 4:53PM