NHER 12847 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric and post-medieval finds
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG23NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ROUGHTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
THE CROPMARKS DESCRIBED BELOW ARE NOW RECORDED AS NHER 38476 (THREE RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURES), NHER 38483 (THE TRACKWAYS), NHER 38562 (TWO RING DITCHES) AND NHER 38563 (A POSSIBLE FIELD SYSTEM).
Cropmarks over this field include a circular mark, possibly another, and three trackways joining by two small rectangles.
Gas pipe laid 1978 along west side field, near to but not touching circular marks.
October 1978. Field Observation.
Site visited by E. Rose (NAU):
After topsoil removed - no trace of cropmarks, but ground very smeared.
No marks visible either in adjoining stubble.
Topsoil c.0.75m deep on sandy subsoil with many flints.
Only finds one possible fragment of flint worked flake, clay pipe stem (18th century?) and rib of cow?
6 July 1994. NLA air photography (S1).
Southwest ring ditch clearly visible.
Northeast ring ditch barely discernable.
Trackway visible.
Linear cropmarks (field boundaries?) visible.
M. Brennand (NLA), 23 February 2001.
March 2004, Norfolk NMP
The cropmarks described below are now recorded as NHER 38476 (three rectangular enclosures), NHER 38483 (the trackways), NHER 38562 (two ring ditches) and NHER 38563 (a possible field system).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 1 April 2004.
April 2021. Metal-detecting. [1].
Post-medieval lead weight.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 10 September 2023.
Associated Sources (3)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (5)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
- CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WEIGHT (17th Century - 1649 AD to 1660 AD)
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Record last edited
Sep 14 2023 11:40PM