NHER 25376 (Monument record) - Medieval ridge and furrow and Roman brooches

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Summary

An area of medieval ridge and furrow is visible on aerial photographs. Two Roman brooches have been found by metal detecting.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF60NE
Civil Parish FINCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Cropmarks of ridge and furrow noted on 1946 RAF air photograph by R. Silvester (NAU) 1988
E. Rose (NAU) 7 August 1989

1 July 1976. Ordnance Survey air photography.
Positive cropmarks of ridge and furrow and trackway?
D. Voisey (NLA) 13 February 1995.

1 July 1976. Ordanance Survey air photography.
Positive cropmarks of field boundary (associated with ridge and furrow and trackway).
D. Voisey (NLA) 13 Febraury 1995.

1989 Metal detecting finds. Context 2 at [1].
2 Roman brooches: reversed fantail fragment, Hod Hill fragment.
Identified by W. Milligan (NCM) 7 August 1990.

23 February 1990. NAU Air photography.
Cropmarks now ploughed out.
D. Edwards (NAU)

January 1946. RAF air photographs.
Ridge and furrow area extended to southeast.
B. Cushion (NLA) 8 January 1998.

28 April 1994. NLA Air photography.
Soilmarks clearly depict a double ditched trackway, utilised as a headland and field boundary.
Ridge and furrow and other field boundaries are also clearly visible.
S. Massey (NLA) 6 February 2001.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-480.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-480.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-481.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-481.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-482.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: TF 6906 AJ-AL.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: TF6906 B-R.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Slide: Various. Slide.
  • --- Vertical Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-482.
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Oct 23 2020 11:56AM

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