Record Details

NHER Number:19286
Type of record:Monument
Name:Medieval drove road

Summary

1969 aerial photography shows the cropmarks of a probable medieval drove road.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 5315 0853
Map Sheet:TF50NW
Parish:MARSHLAND ST. JAMES, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

6 April 1969. Crop mark on soil survey aerial photograph. Dark linear band, probably marking dyke of medieval drove road. First section roughly north to south 5265 0918 to 5266 0895, forms T junction with main length
5266 0905 where latter is vague but becomes more clear towards 5362 0832 where it changes direction to run south to 5370 0788, to stop at a roddon meander.
R. Silvester (NAU), 9 June 1983.

Monument Types

  • LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
  • SITE (Unknown date)
  • LINEAR FEATURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • TRACKWAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WATERCOURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

Related records - none

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