Record Details
| NHER Number: | 25334 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Spice Hills Roman Canal |
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Summary
Spice Hills Canal is thought to be a Roman period feature, visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs, and thought to approach and almost certainly join the Aylmer Roman canal (NHER 25333). A watching brief in 2001 recovered no evidence of this feature.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 552 135 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF51SE |
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| Parish: | TILNEY ST LAWRENCE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Roman canal visible as earthwork (S1). It runs south west/north east line and appears to approach and almost certainly join the Aylmer Roman canal (NHER 25333).
E. Rose (NAU), 10 July 1989.
August 2001. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks for extension to metalworks.
Negative results.
See report (S2) for further details.
D. Gurney (NLA), 5 October 2001.
Monument Types
- CANAL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1988. The Fenland Project Number 3: Marshland and Nar Valley, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 45. pp 54, 59; Fig 42. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Emery, P. 2001. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief at Mike Smith Fabrications, Magdalen Road, Tilney St Lawrence, King's Lynn. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 627. |
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