Monument record LCS 212 - Linear earthwork banks on Broom Covert

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Summary

Linear earthwork banks, perhaps post medieval boundaries, are visible on aerial photographs of heathland at Broom Covert. They are in part followed by modern land divisions depicted on Ordnance Survey maps.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 4631 6300 (240m by 451m)
Map sheet TM46SE
Civil Parish LEISTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

April 2015. Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme.
Linear earthwork banks are visible on aerial photographs and lidar (S1)-(S3). Their date and function is not known, but they could have acted as post medieval boundary banks, dividing up the heathland of Broom Covert, and/or separating it from surrounding farmland. They are in part followed by modern land divisions depicted on Ordnance Survey maps.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 24th April 2015.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/1557 FP 1225-1226 07-JUN-1946 (EHA Original Print).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 31-DEC-2007 ACCESSED 24-APR-2015 (Digital).
  • <S3> LIDAR Airborne Survey: LIDAR airborne survey. LIDAR TM4663SW, TM4662NEW Environment Agency 25cm DSM 22-JUL-2011.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 11 2016 11:53AM

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