NHER 9661 (Monument record) - Route of medieval and post medieval road
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BIXLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | FRAMINGHAM EARL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
November 1976. Visit.
Old course of Norwich to Bungay Road, removed in 1800. This exists as a green lane by Bixley church, but where it diverges from A144 at north end there is no trace in a field of beet.
E. Rose (NAU), 24 November 1976.
Course of the road is clearly visible as a rounded bank where it passes between the site of Bixley Hall and the former Bixley Bottom Plantation.
E. Rose (NAU), 24 January 1979.
See NHER 37133 for earthworks in Poringland wood.
D. Gurney (NLA), 17 May 2002.
May 2009. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of two parallel ditches were visible running north west-south east between TG 2548 0609 and TG 2565 0580 on aerial photographs (S1)-(S3), contrary to negative evidence recorded above, where the road diverges from the A146 and B1332 Bungay Road. These ditches are clearly visible as boundaries of the ‘Old Bungay Road’ on the Tithe Map of 1805, and were therefore not mapped as part of the NMP. Other possible linear ditches were also visible, although only on (S3), at least one of which appeared to be a possible extension of the field boundary visible on the Tithe Map and 2nd edition OS, running from TG 2566 0580 to TG 2572 0583, and then as parallel to the field boundary, from TG 2572 0583 to TG 2578 0573.
E. Bales (NMP), 20 May 2009.
November 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The earthworks of a significant section of this road have been identified on aerial photographs within an area of former earthworks within Bixley medieval settlement (NHER 9660). This section of road has been recorded under NHER 52477. Further possible traces of this road also have been recorded as soilmarks to the north of Poringland Wood, see NHER 52478 for details.
S. Horlock (NMP), 04 November 2009.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Bixley.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF71956 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 58/714 (Vp1) 5111-2 03-JUN-1951 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF71957 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 58/714 (Vp1) 5087-8 03-JUN-1951 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF12888 Aerial Photograph: TG2505 D,E.
- <S4> SNF59700 Map: 1805. Framingham Earl with Bixley.
- <S5> SNF50528 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1916. OS 2nd Edition 25".
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (4)
- Geographical: NHER 52477 - Parent of: Earthworks of medieval to post-medieval settlement (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 37133 - Parent of: Poringland Wood (Designed Landscape)
- Geographical: NHER 52478 - Parent of: Soilmarks of road (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- All Groups: NHER 53222 - Related to: Earthworks of major medieval to post medieval boundaries and hollow ways (Cropmark and Earthwork)
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Record last edited
Nov 12 2025 11:48AM