Monument record SOL 055 - Probable post medieval plantation bank/boundary in grounds of Herringfleet Hall

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Summary

Part of a probable post medieval plantation bank/boundary is visible as an earthwork – since levelled – on aerial photographs. It lies within the grounds of Herringfleet Hall and partially correlates with a modern plantation. It is almost certainly a feature relating to the park-like landscape around the hall, but the possibility that it is an earlier feature, potentially related to the extensive cropmarks that surround it (SHER LUD 016), cannot be ruled out entirely.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 4776 9908 (25m by 96m)
Map sheet TM49NE
Civil Parish SOMERLEYTON, ASHBY AND HERRINGFLEET, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

March 2014. Lothingland, Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Mapping Programme.
Part of a probable post medieval plantation bank/boundary is visible as an earthwork – since levelled – on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TM 4777 9907. It lies within the grounds of Herringfleet Hall and partially correlates with a modern plantation. It is almost certainly a feature relating to the park-like landscape around the hall, but the possibility that it is an earlier feature, potentially related to the extensive cropmarks that surround it (SHER LUD 016), cannot be ruled out entirely.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 13th March 2014.

March 2023. Assessment of the Character and Significance of East Anglian Field Systems project.
The site described above was included in the dataset analysed for the Historic England-funded Assessment of East Anglian Field Systems project. See the project report (S2) for further details.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk County Council Environment Team), 21 March 2023.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/106G/LA/21 RS 4081-2 04-JUL-1944 (EHA).
  • <S2> Unpublished document: Tremlett, S and Watkins, P. 2023. Assessment of the Character and Significance of East Anglian Field Systems.

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2023 2:27PM

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