NHER 53453 (Monument record) - Medieval to Post medieval road and tracks
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL88NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WRETHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
March 2010. Norfolk NMP.
The earthworks of road of at least post medieval date, with possible earlier origins, and an associated trackway, are visible on aerial photographs on Thorpe Great Heath (S1-S4). The site is centred on TL 8923 8915. The road, which runs across alongside High House, or Four Mile House as named on Faden, and up past the Home Mere, is marked on Faden’s map of 1797 (S5) and links West Wretham and Thetford. A braided trackway to the immediate east of this road is marked as a trackway on the Ordnance Survey first edition (S6). It seems likely that both of these routes were originally associated with the movement of stock and could represent potentially early features in the landscape. See NHER 50426 for medieval to post medieval enclosures surrounding High House.
S. Horlock (NMP), 12 March 2010.
Associated Sources (6)
- <S1> SNF73432 Oblique Aerial Photograph: NMR. 1923. NMR TL 8989/001 (CCC 3500/11766) 13-JUL-1923.
- <S2> SNF73427 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/378 4019-21 13-JUN-1945 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF73428 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/59 5099-101 05-FEB-1946 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF79661 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1589 4356-7 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
- <S5> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
- <S6> SNF53293 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1884-1891. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. First Edition. 1:10,560.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jan 14 2015 3:02PM