NHER 63065 (Monument record) - Site of possible Roman enclosures
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
October 1994. Aerial Photograph Interpretation.
This work revealed a complex of rectangular enclosures, one oblong being particularly prominent, over this corner
of the field. The pottery findspot (NHER 22911) falls within the main enclosures. It is possible that these cropmarks combined with the pottery find could indicate the presence of a Roman building.
These cropmarks were previously recorded under NHER 22911.
E. Rose (NLA), M. Flitcroft (NLA), D. Edwards (NLA) 7 October 1994. Amended H. Hamilton (HES), 23 February 2021.
January 2019. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A series of cropmark ditches which may relate to possible Roman enclosures are seen on aerial photography (S1). The ditches form possibly 3 rectangular enclosures with Roman and medieval pottery (NHER 22911) found within in the centre of the possible enclosures. The cropmarks are only visible in 1992 and previous work (see NHER 22911) has suggested that the cropmarks in conjunction with the pottery may relate to a building. However the size and layout of the cropmarks would be more consistent with enclosures than a building. It is possible that these cropmarks may relate to modern agricultural ditches.
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 15 January 2019.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF94128 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. Oblique Aerial Photograph. Norfolk Historic Environment Record TL7695 A-F 23-JUL-1992 (NLA 317/FZA 11-13 FZB 1-3) (Print).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- (Former Type) BUILDING? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- DITCH (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- ENCLOSURE? (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE? (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- SQUARE ENCLOSURE? (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- DITCH (Early 20th Century to 21st Century - 1901 AD? to 2100 AD?)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Apr 16 2021 9:03AM