NHER 38772 (Monument record) - Cropmark of road or trackway

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Summary

Cropmarks of a medieval to post medieval road or trackway are visible on aerial photographs of this area.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG33SE
Civil Parish HAPPISBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

September 2004. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of a medieval to post medieval road or trackway are visible on aerial photographs ((S1) to (S4)). The cropmarks are centred on TG 3841 3059. Intermittent cropmarks of parallel ditches and a negative cropmark of a possible metalled or compacted surface are present. These extend for 150m on a west to east alignment between TG 3827 3061 and TG 3843 3059 before turning southeast for a further 110m to TG 3852 3052. This road is not marked on Faden's map of Norfolk (S5) or later maps. However its southeast end appears to join a surviving track, forming a crossroads with the cropmark of another medieval to post medieval road to the east (NHER 38773).
J. Albone (NMP), 2 September 2004.

October 2017-March 2018. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of site on proposed route of onshore cable for Norfolk Vanguard and Boreas Offshore Wind Farms.
This survey identified a north-west to south-east aligned anomaly that coincided with the easternmost cropmarks in this group.
See NHER 65683 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 August 2025.

  • <S1> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1995. NHER TG 3830AM-AQ (NLA 357/HHJ12-15) 15-AUG-1995.
  • <S2> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1979. NHER TG 3830E (NLA 73/AMS8) 17-JUL-1979.
  • <S3> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. NHER TG 3830AT-AV (NLA 365/JFD6-8) 28-JUN-1996.
  • <S4> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1981. OS/81081 163-4 17-AUG-1981 (NMR).
  • <S5> Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.

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Record last edited

Aug 21 2025 8:49AM

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