Monument record HTT 012 - Monk Wood

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Summary

Site of Ancient Woodland as defined in (S1).

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 941 602 (429m by 365m) Centred on
Map sheet TL96SW
Civil Parish HESSETT, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Site of Ancient Woodland as defined in (S1). For details of history and earthwork see (S1), the Suffolk Wildlife Trust, English Nature and the County Council Countryside Section (Peter Holborn and Geoff Sinclair) and various Oliver Rackham works including (S2).
Not shown on Hodskinson's 1783 map suggesting it is Post Medieval in origin (S3). Shown on OS 1 inch map of 1837 and later maps. Now gone.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Nature Conservancy Council. June 1992. Suffolk Inventory of Ancient Woodland (provisional).
  • <S2> Bibliographic reference: Rackham, O.. 1988. Medieval Woods. An Historical Atlas of Suffolk, 50-51.
  • <S3> Cartographic materials: Hodskinson, J.. 1783. The County of Suffolk surveyed.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 9 2013 10:59AM

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