NHER 52360 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible Roman road or trackway, possibly reused as medieval to post medieval field boundaries.
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG11NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FELTHORPE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
October 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of probable medieval to post medieval field boundaries possibly overlying a Roman road, as well as a section of possible Roman road or trackway, are visible on aerial photographs (S1)-(S4).
The site is centred on TG 1719 1915. The general layout of the fields is depicted on the Tithe Map of 1840 (S5), although it remains a possibility that some of the boundaries in use during the medieval to post medieval period are in fact Roman in origin or follow a similar alignment to those constructed during the Roman period, as there is a stretch of possible road or trackway to the south, curving to the northeast from TG 1721 1883 to TG 1717 1906 that does not correspond with the later field boundaries.
It is also possible that this feature relates to a post medieval or modern trackway, as it appears to lead from a probable field entrance.
E. Bales (NMP), October 2009.
Associated Sources (5)
- <S1> SNF72442 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1976. MAL 76053 144 29-JUN-1976 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF72474 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1976. MAL 76053 145-6 29-JUN-1976 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF72475 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1995. OS/95564 198-9 19-JUN-1995 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 16-NOV-2009.
- <S5> SNF68345 Map: Pratt & Son, Norwich. 1840. Felthorpe tithe map.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- ROAD? (Unknown date)
- TRACKWAY? (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- ROAD? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- DITCH (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- TRACKWAY? (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD to 2100 AD)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Oct 28 2025 9:06AM