NHER 30828 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible trackway

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Summary

Positive cropmarks of a curved features, possibly a trackway, can be seen on an aerial photograph. Fieldwalking recovered prehistoric worked flints and pieces of Iron Age and Roman pot.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM09SW
Civil Parish OLD BUCKENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

31 July 1970. Ordnance Survey air photography.
Positive cropmarks. Curvilinear feature. Possibly a trackway (double ditches).
D. Voisey (NAU), 30 October 1995.

1994. Fieldwalking finds. Site 57.
Iron Age, Roman sherds, flints.
See full details and (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 2 September 1994.

December 2012. Norfolk NMP.
The curvilinear possible trackway is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S2) as described above. It is difficult to tell if the cropmarks represent ditches or banks, since they appear ‘reversed’, perhaps due to the nature of the underlying geology.
E. Ford (NMP), 4 December 2012.

  • --- Article in Serial: Davison, A. and Cushion, B. 1999. The Archaeology of the Hargham Estate. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 257-274.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Map: Finder's Map.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1970. OS 70282 87-8 31-JUL-1970 (NMR).
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 2 2026 4:26PM

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