Record Details
| NHER Number: | 34202 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible medieval or post medieval road |
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Summary
A possible medieval or post medieval road is visible as cropmarks on an aerial photograph. The marks look to be a former route related to the parkland in this area. This feature is depicted as a field boundary on the Spixworth Tithe Map.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2412 1514 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG21NW |
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| Parish: | SPIXWORTH, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April 1946.
Cropmark and linear stip of vegetation suggest roadway within park, extending northwards from bend in road, towards the church. Looks to be a former line prior to parkland extension to the east to existing road.
B. Cushion (NLA), 16 February 1999.
13 June 1969. Ordnance Survey aerial photography.
Earthworks. Linear feature. Raised bank.
I have a feeling that this field is now arable.
D. Voisey (NLA), 9 November 1995.
May 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A linear bank feature is clearly visible as an earthwork (S1-S2) and a cropmark (S3) on aerial photographs, on land to the east of Spixworth Hall. It is depicted as a field boundary on the Spixworth Tithe map (S4), and has therefore not been mapped. Undated linear bank features were visible as negative cropmarks in this area. It is possible that they relate to the northern-most stretch of the Roman road reported to run from Brampton to Thorpe St Andrew (NHER 7598), visible from TG2402 1547 to TG 2412 1490 (NHER 52126).
E. Bales (NMP), May 2010.
Monument Types
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- ROAD? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- ROAD? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. OS 69-252-245. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1428 16-APR-1946 (NHER TG 2315B). |
| <S2> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1963. RAF 58/5762/F21 0032 06-JUN-1963 (NHER TG 2315A). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1990. OS/90224 139-40 31-JUL-1990 (NMR). |
| <S4> | Map: Millard, W.S. & Son. 1837. Spixworth tithe map. |
Related records
| 52126 | Parent of: Possible Roman road, part of route from Brampton to Thorpe St Andrew (Monument) |
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