NHER 3082 (Monument record) - Stone Road, a possible Roman road
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG01SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MATTISHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
21 June 1978. Visit. Stone Road.
Straight road, continued to Mattishall village on (S1).
Does this and the name indicate a Roman date?
E. Rose (NAU), 21 June 1978.
No evidence of Roman date. Where vanished course leaves present straight road there is no trace in the crop, and at its southern end the course has been built over.
E. Rose (NAU).
1999. Desk-based Assessment.
Comes to no further conclusions about the road.
Shows that line of an early road across Badley Moor at Mattishall could be examined prior to development and its suggested Roman origins tested. Present evidence is circumstantial and not conclusive about these possible Roman origins.
See report (S2). Work also noted in (S3).
E. Rose (NLA), 18 May 1999.
September- October 2009. Metal detecting.
Extensive metal detecting in the area has not produced any finds.
H. White, (NLA), 6 November 2009
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Mattishall.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
- <S2> SNF63909 Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 1999. Report on an Archaeological Desktop Assessment on land adjacent to Beech House, Dereham Road, Mattishall. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 416.
- <S3> SNF82377 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2000. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1999. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt III pp 521-543. p 529.
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Record last edited
Mar 13 2026 2:02PM