NHER 66779 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks and earthworks of a section of Roman road

June 2023. Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
A section of Roman road is visible primarily as cropmarks, and possibly also at its eastern end as earthworks, on aerial photographs and visualised lidar data (S1-S5). It is part of the road suggested as crossing Norfolk east-west and recorded more broadly as NHER 2796. This section of the road leads eastwards from Brampton to the River Bure, where there was presumably a crossing, from where the road is thought to continue eastwards to Smallburgh. The section recorded here crosses an area of rectilinear enclosures and field boundaries also visible as cropmarks (NHER 52551), parts of which may be contemporary with its use. They include a small, double-ditched, square enclosure, seemingly attached to the south side of the road, which could feasibly be a roadside shrine or similar structure.
The possible earthwork elements at the eastern end lie within woodland and valley-bottom pasture. Their interpretation as part of the road is uncertain, and they would benefit from checking on the ground. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently (2017), it is probable that they still survive.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 9 June 2023.