Monument record BUN 076 - Medieval tracks or roads and probable boundaries pertaining to a shrunken village, visible as earthworks.

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Summary

Tracks or roads and probable boundaries pertaining to a possible shrunken medieval village can be seen as earthworks on aerial photographs in the environs of Manor Farm, Bungay parish.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 34014 87721 (211m by 387m)
Map sheet TM38NW
Civil Parish BUNGAY, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Tracks or roads and probable boundaries pertaining to a possible shrunken medieval village can be seen as earthworks on aerial photographs to the west of Manor Farm, Bungay parish, centred on circa TM 340877. The main features of the site include; an east to west oriented ditch-defined track or road that appears to continue the line of an extant track to the south-east; north to south aligned boundaries possibly crossing the track; curvilinear boundaries or tracks to the south of the lateral ditched trackway which may be focused upon a pond. The boundaries may be too large to represent tofts and are more likely to be the remains of fields aligned upon the road. Hodskinson's map of 1783 shows only a few buildings in this area, but annotates this point as 'Bungay Upland Gr' (presumably green), possibly supporting the interpretation that this area have previously been the focus of settlement. Further earthworks and cropmarks are visible to the east and north (See BUN 077-082). (S1-S3)

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> Photograph: RAF. Air Photograph. RAF 106G/UK/930 3150-1 16-OCT-1945.
  • <S2> Photograph: RAF. Air Photograph. RAF 106G/UK/1716 4072-4 06-SEP-1946.
  • <S3> Map: Hodkinson. 1783. Hodkinson's Suffolk, coastal and estuary areas only.. Circa 1783.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jun 19 2013 12:16PM

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