NHER 2066 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of Wells Lane road

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Summary

This road is shown on Bryant's map of 1827 and Faden's map of 1797 but the course of the road is shown slightly differently on each. It is visible as a cropmark on an aerial photograph.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF93NW
Civil Parish	WALSINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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'Wells Lane' on Bryant's 1826 map (S3) where course appears slightly different. But on Faden (S2) it is continued to TF 9210 3973, and cropmark on Ordnance Survey aerial photograph (S4) is seen to TF 9210 3936.
E. Rose (NLA).

June 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
Visible on Google Earth imagery (S5 and S6) and Environment Agency LiDAR (S7).
H. Hamilton (HES), 08 June 2026.

Associated Sources (7)

<S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S2> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
<S3> SNF4947 Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.
<S4> SNF10704 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. OS AP 70.008 139.
<S5> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 01-JUL-2006 Accessed 08-JUN-2026.
<S6> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 01-JAN-2007 Accessed 08-JUN-2026.
<S7> SNF101413 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF93NW DTM 1m 13-NOV-2018 TO 13-NOV-2018.