NHER 42850 (Monument record) - Great Walsingham and Wighton Roman town
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF93NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WALSINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | WIGHTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Full Description
February 1985.
NHER 1113, NHER 2015, NHER 2041, NHER 2024, NHER 3980, NHER 10141, NHER 17543, NHER 19795 and NHER 21106 together make up a major scatter, with concentrations of Roman material, predominantly of 2nd to 4th century dates, including a possible temple site in NHER 2024, and the late/sub Roman enclosure in NHER 1113. NHER 12617 would then be an outlier, or dumped material. Note the proximity of human skeletal remains (NHER 2043), an Early Saxon cemetery (NHER 2030) and the Roman road (NHER 2050 and NHER 2087). This makes good sense as a small town with substantial buildings, immediately south of the spot where the Roman road crosses the river, centring on the tributary stream, and covering an area of about 1400m by 400m.
T. Gregory (NAU), 6 February 1985.
January 2013. Condition of Scheduled Monument in Cultivation Risk assessment.
See (S1).
D. Robertson (HES), 7 November 2013.
Associated Sources (4)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (14)
- Geographical: NHER 34552 - Parent of: Cropmarks of undated enclosures and trackway (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 2024 - Parent of: Great Walsingham Roman temple site (Monument)
- Geographical: NHER 2015 - Parent of: Iron Age, Roman, Early Saxon, medieval and post-medieval finds (Find Spot)
- Geographical: NHER 17543 - Parent of: Multi-period finds including a concentration of Roman material (Find Spot)
- Geographical: NHER 2041 - Parent of: Possible Roman road and undated well (Monument)
- Geographical: NHER 25399 - Parent of: Possible site of Roman building (Monument)
- Geographical: NHER 21106 - Parent of: Roman buildings and multi-period finds (Monument)
- Geographical: NHER 41354 - Parent of: Roman coins and pottery sherds, post medieval spoon (Find Spot)
- Geographical: NHER 19795 - Parent of: Roman coins, pottery and medieval pot found in field behind foundry (Find Spot)
- Geographical: NHER 32189 - Parent of: Roman pottery (Find Spot)
- Geographical: NHER 10141 - Parent of: Roman pottery sherds and slag (Find Spot)
- Geographical: NHER 3980 - Parent of: Site of Roman bath house, metal working area and buildings and multi-period finds (Monument)
- Geographical: NHER 17403 - Parent of: Undated burial, Early Saxon metalwork and multi-period pottery sherds (Monument)
- Geographical: NHER 1113 - Parent of: Wighton Camp (Monument)
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Record last edited
Jun 30 2022 8:21AM