NHER 28888 (Find Spot record) - Trackway of unknown date, and multi-period finds

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Summary

A trackway of unknown date, as well as pits and former field boundaries are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Field walking recovered prehistoric flints and pottery dating from the Roman to the post medieval periods.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TF91SW
Civil Parish	FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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4 and 11 March 1990. Field walking finds.
Roman, medieval sherds.
Includes area of former trackway (Menewodeway). Track removed in late 1980s.
See (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA) March 1992.

19 July 1994. NLA air photography.
Cropmarks of the parallel ditches of the removed 'Menewodeway' are visible.
2 removed field boundaries also butt up to the track; one of which to the south has a trackway element to it.
To the north and south are 2 pits.
See (S2).
S. Massey (NLA), 19 April 2001.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF15215 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. G257. AJGR.
<S1> SNF59723 Archive: Fransham Field Walking Boxfile.
<S2> SNF48936 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TF9213/ P - T.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (4)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 12 2021 11:27AM