NHER 15406 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Soilmark sections of a possible post medieval field boundary or a possible section of road of an unknown date
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BEESTON WITH BITTERING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1970. Aerial photographs.
Soilmark, white linear, possibly continued by dark mark at west end. Apparently a road.
This is in line with the kink in the modern road at Point Farm supposedly on course of east to west Roman road, and also with the Launditch crossing.
Is it the correct course of the Roman road? (though this would cause difficulties further west) or a diverging road?
E. Rose (NAU), 2 November 1979.
May 2024. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
Soilmark sections of bank, which may relate to a post medieval field boundary or a possible section of road, of an unknown date, are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). Although the date of the features is unknown, it is probable that the sections of bank relate to a post medieval or possibly medieval field boundary. However, as previously suggested (see above), the possibility that the feature may relate to a section of an undated, or possibly Roman Road (which is recorded more broadly as NHER 2796) cannot be ruled out. The bank features are not recorded on the readily accessible historic maps such as S3.
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 07 May 2024.
Associated Sources (2)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)
- BOUNDARY BANK (Unknown date)
- FIELD BOUNDARY? (Unknown date)
- ROAD? (Unknown date)
- ROAD? (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- BOUNDARY BANK (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- FIELD BOUNDARY? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- BOUNDARY BANK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- FIELD BOUNDARY? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
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Record last edited
May 7 2024 2:25PM