NHER 11315 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmark of probable medieval road
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF84SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HOLKHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Southern of two linear features (parallel) on Ordnance Survey vertical air photograph, see (S1).
Seems to be a road as indicated on (S2).
E. Rose (NAU).
2000. Field Observation and Desk-based Assessment.
Site visited and considered as part of archaeological assessment of Holkham Estate.
Arable, ploughed, no evidence on ground.
See report (S5) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 28 April 2015.
June 2002. Norfolk NMP.
The feature is visible as a parchmark, with an average width of 9m, and with the traces of a narrow ditch on its northern side, (S3). The feature is visible for a length of 920m, running from TF 9021 4349 to TF 8929 4356. This is almost certainly a cropmark of the road depicted on Clerk’s map of 1590 (S4), which is labelled as 'The way from Burnham Market to Sto' further to the west. The road is likely to have been in use in the medieval period, but may actually have been a routeway at an earlier date.
M. Brennand (NMP), 19 June 2002.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF10692 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. OS AP 70 008 054.
- <S2> SNF62247 Map: Clerke, T. 1590. The Description of the lordeshippe or mannor of Holkeham as the same lyethe within the meetes and boundes in the countie of Norfolke [Map of Holkham parish].
- <S3> SNF53045 Aerial Photograph: Hunting Surveys Ltd. 1969. HSL UK 69949 0148 20-NOV-1969 (SMR TF 8843A).
- <S4> SNF48298 Monograph: Williamson, T. 1998. Archaeology of the Landscape Park: Garden Design in Norfolk, England, c. 1680-1840. BAR (British Series). Vol 268.
- <S5> SNF51041 Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 2000. The Holkham Estate, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Archaeological Survey (Final Report). Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 532.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
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Record last edited
Mar 23 2026 5:07PM