Monument record OUL 028 - Earthworks of medieval to post medieval enclosures, platform and field boundaries

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Summary

The site of earthworks relating to medieval to post medieval date enclosures, a possible platform and field boundaries surrounding ‘High House’ – a substantial house of at least post medieval date – are visible on aerial photographs. The earthworks within the eastern part of the site are well defined in the 1940s and are located within an area of grass and mature trees, possibly a former area of parkland associated with High House. A possible platform may be present within the square enclosure to the east of the site and this may relate to either a park feature or potentially a former building platform.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 5251 9489 (432m by 189m)
Map sheet TM59SW
Civil Parish OULTON, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

April 2014. Lothingland, Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Mapping Programme.
The site of earthworks relating to medieval to post medieval date enclosures, a possible platform and field boundaries to either side of ‘High House’ – a substantial house of at least post medieval date – are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). The earthworks within the eastern part of the site are well defined in the 1940s and are located within an area of grass and mature trees, possibly a former area of parkland associated with High House. A possible platform may be present within the square enclosure to the east of the site and this may relate to either a park feature or potentially a former building platform. Although this platform was not included in the mapping as it was not clear whether the interior of the ditches was definitely raised above ground surface. These earthworks get overlain by World War Two structures and defences in the 1940s (LWT 045, OUL 016).
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 30th April 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 (S3) for further details.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk County Council Environment Team), 21 March 2023.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/58/1674 F21 0289-0290, 0305-0306 04-MAR-1955 (EHA).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical Aerial Photograph. OS/89047 V 292-293 18-MAR-1989 (EHA).
  • <S3> 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 2:10PM

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