Record Details

NHER Number:13652
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible Roman road

Summary

A supposed Roman road, referred to in old sources. Nothing can be seen today, and indeed the sources are somewhat confused as to its location.

Images - none

Location

Parish:HEMPNALL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1820. 'On Hempnall Green' 'Enormous remains' of the Roman road 'Stone Street' which Woodward (S1) claims led 'from Caistor to Blythburgh'.

Note that the supposed Roman road NHER 10199 if projected south would cross Hempnall Green.
However there may be a connection with The Walls (NHER 10172). Faden (S2) marks the east to west road here as Roman!
Note: the word 'enormous' has been added to the letter at a later date, but is still in Woodward's handwriting.
E. Rose (NAU).

Monument Types

  • ROAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Article in Serial: Woodward, S.. 1824-6. [unknown]. Correspondence. Vol 1, let.
<S2>Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.

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