Monument record WRW 031 - Compartment 4200, Boundary Banks; The Kings Forest,

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Summary

Earthwork boundary banks of a probable post medieval date have been recorded from field visits and are seen on visualised lidar data. The banks probably relate to the boundaries of Newheath Plantation as marked on the 1904 OS map and possibly marking the northern edge of a wood belt shown on the Tithe map (1840).

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Grid reference	Centred TL 8303 7408 (307m by 31m)
Map sheet	TL87SW
Civil Parish	WORDWELL, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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A single E-W linear bank to the south of WRW 028. Runs along the 4200b and 4200d boundary, 2.5m wide, 0.5m high. Probably marking S boundary of Newheath Plantation as marked on 1904 OS map (S2). May continue further to east?
Possibly marking N edge of wood belt shown on Tithe map (1840).

September 2019. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A series of earthwork banks, most likely post medieval in date, are seen on visualised lidar data (S3). The above banks have been recorded as part of WRW 089 along with further banks identified by this survey. The monument polygon has been amended to correlate with the location of the features from the lidar data.
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 11th September 2019.

Sources/Archives (2)

<S1> SSF50361 Unpublished document: Pendleton, C. and Sommers, M.. 1998. Rapid Earthwork Identification Survey for Forest Enterprise. p30, map 13.
<S3> SSF55747 LIDAR Airborne Survey: LIDAR airborne survey. LIDAR Kings Forest Research 0.5m DTM 15-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).

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Record last edited

Mar 10 2020 2:35PM