NHER 12820 (Monument record) - Possible site of medieval fair

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Summary

This site is reportedly the site of a medieval fair. The cropmarks on the site are recorded as NHER 8258 and 38542.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG32NE
Civil Parish INGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

CROPMARKS AT THIS SITE ARE NOW DIVIDED BETWEEN NHER 8258 AND NHER 38542.

July 1976.
Probable ring ditch cropmark.
E. Rose (NAU), 14 September 1977.

Lady living next to the Swan Inn states that this field is a medieval fairstead, and is much visited by metal detector users in 1985.
E. Rose (NAU), 2 May 1985.

19 July 1994. NLA air photography.
Cropmark of ring ditch still visible, also visible is a trackway, a series of rectilinear enclosures and linear features.
It is likely to relate to a similar group of cropmarks to the northeast (NHER 8258).
S. Massey (NLA), 19 April 2001.

March 2004. Norfolk NMP
Ring ditch assigned separate record number NHER 38542. All other cropmarks are now recorded as part of NHER 8258.
J. Albone (NMP), 25 March 2004

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TG3925/J - M.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: TG 3926G, TG 3925C.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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Record last edited

Jun 30 2020 11:34AM

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