NHER 52164 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of boundaries and possible road/track sections alongside Roman Pye Road running through Dunston Park

March 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of boundaries and possible road and/or trackway sections alongside Roman Pye Road (NHER 7947 and 52170) to the south of Dunston Park, are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S4). The site is centred on TG 2234 0122. The alignment of these features is generally consistent with the surrounding post medieval landscape, however none of these boundaries or tracks are marked on 1844 Stoke Holy Cross Tithe map (S5). Given that this section of Roman road continued in use until the post medieval period, it is hard to confidently attribute a Roman date to these features adjacent to the road, although this seems the most plausible interpretation. See NHER 9719 for the site of a possible Roman building within the northern part of this site. A possible continuation of the southern trackway may have been recorded to the east (NHER 52166).
S. Horlock (NMP), 25 March 2009.