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HER Number	MWB22972
Record Type	Monument
Name	Former field boundaries, parish boundaries or trackways, Wokefield Park

Grid Reference	SU 678 654
Map Sheet	SU66NE
Parish	Wokefield, West Berkshire
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Summary

Post medieval features once visible as earthworks in aerial photographs crossing the designed landscape

Other Statuses and Cross-References

National Monuments Record No.: SU 66 NE 62
SU6783565480
Pastscape Mon No or Hob UID: 1601640
SU6783565480

Monument Type(s):

FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
PARISH BOUNDARY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
TRACKWAY? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)

Full Description

The Silchester Iron Age Environs mapping project <1> recorded post medieval field boundaries or trackways visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1950s <2> within Wokefield Park. The features are formed of linear banks and ditches oriented north-south and east-west, measuring up to 295 m in length. The boundaries or trackways appear to cut through earlier features, comprising a block of ridge and furrow (NRHE 1601635) and a possible park pale (NRHE 1601633).

The Silchester Environs project noted that some of the banks are marked on the First Edition OS map of 1872 <3>, but the dotted lines depicted do not represent trackways; rather, these are part of the historic parish boundary between the Wokefield part of Stratfield Mortimer to the west and Sulhampstead Bannister to the east.

The area was redeveloped as a golf course at the end of the 20th century <5>, and little can be seen of any of these earthwork features in 21st century LiDAR imagery <6>.

Sources and further reading

<01>	Truscoe, K. 2017. Silchester Iron Age Environs Project: Aerial Photograph and Lidar Survey Results. 77/2017. WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB149642] https://historicengland.org.uk/research/results/reports/77-2017 (Accessed on 05/01/2022)
<02>	RAF. 12/05/1954. RAF 58/1434 F21 0031-3. Aerial Photo. [Photograph / SWB149530]
<03>	Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. [Map / SWB14341]
<04>	Kain, R and Oliver R. 2001. Historic Parishes of England and Wales. [Cartographic materials / SWB148431] https://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-4348-1 (Accessed 01/09/2016)
<05>	UK Perspectives. 12/09/1999. Berkshire Aerial Survey 1999 (digital aerial photographs). Aerial Photo. Digital. 1:7000. [Photograph / SWB148906]
<06>	Environment Agency. 2018-21. LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) Elevation Data 2020. [Digital archive / SWB150406] https://environment.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=f765c2a97d644f08927d5cd5abe58d87 (Accessed on 19/01/2023)

Related Monuments

MWB16188	Wokefield Park (formerly Oakfield Park) (Landscape)
MWB22974	Area of ridge and furrow, Wokefield Park (Monument)
MWB22973	Possible park boundary or trackway, Wokefield Park (Monument)

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

EWB1507

The Silchester Environs Iron Age Project - aerial photograph and LiDAR interpretation

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