Monument record WNG 036 - Linear earthwork bank, Wangford Warren

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Summary

Linear bank earthworks, mainly running N-S between TL 7790 8300 ('V' shaped detour of Wangford Warren [WNG 025] bank) & TL 7767 8226 (Wangford Wood).

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 77679 82271 (224m by 729m)
Map sheet TL78SE
Civil Parish WANGFORD, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Linear bank earthworks, mainly running N-S between TL 7790 8300 ('V' shaped detour of Wangford Warren [WNG 025] bank) & TL 7767 8226 (Wangford Wood). Circa 0.4m high and 2m wide at TL 7789 8296 (S1). Most of route needs verification on ground.
Shown on OS 1880s and early 1900s maps (later maps not checked).

2017: There are partially surviving double, triple and quadruple linear earthwork banks running north-south between TL77908300 and TL77678226 (S2).

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Verbal communication: Personal communication. Pendleton C (SCCAS) & Gibbons N (FC), site visit, 27 April 2005.
  • <S2> Unpublished document: The Breckland Society. 2017. The Internal Archaeology of the Breckland Warrens. p.22.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 8 2018 10:47AM

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