NHER 18239 (Monument record) - Site of possible Roman enclosures
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG21NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BELAUGH, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
30 June 1980. NAU air photography.
Positive cropmarks.
1 ring ditch. 1 square feature.
S. Norton (NAU), 25 June 1982.
Not a ring ditch; a subrectangular enclosure.
E. Rose, (NAU) 20 July 1982.
January 1984. Over surface of field containing cropmarks. Found on surface of ploughed field while metal detecting.
24 Roman coarse sherds.
4 sherds Thetford-type ware.
5 sherds medieval.
NCM.
A. Gregory, (NAU) 23 March 1984.
17 July 1986. Further NAU air photography.
Track and enclosures
D. A. Edwards (NAU), July 1986.
28 June 1996. NLA air photography.
Cropmarks of sub-circular enclosure with entrance still visible, along with the sub-rectangular/square enclosure to the west.
A third enclosure is also visible to the north. It is extremely regular and has internal sub-dividing ditches. Finds over this area (NHER 20182) may indicate it is Roman in date.
S. Massey (NLA), 9 October 2001.
Associated Sources (4)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)
Object Types (3)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Aug 10 2017 3:52PM