Record Details
| NHER Number: | 50674 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark field boundaries of unknown date |
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Summary
The cropmarks of a dispersed group of fragmentary linear ditches of unknown date, probably representing the remains of former field boundaries and trackways, are visible on aerial photographs to the northwest of Weston Longville village. An Iron Age to Roman date has been suggested although this is not certain.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 10535 16378 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG11NW |
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| Parish: | WESTON LONGVILLE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 2007. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of a dispersed group of fragmentary linear ditches of unknown date, probably representing the remains of former field boundaries and trackways, are visible on aerial photographs to the northwest of Weston Longville village (S1-S3). An Iron Age to Roman date has been suggested although this is not certain. The site is centred on TG 1056 1637.
Finds in the area indicate activity in this area from the prehistoric, Iron Age, Roman and medieval periods (NHER 7716, 7720, 15460 and 50277). The broad range of finds in the area makes it hard to attribute the cropmarks to any one period. Although it is possible, given the nearby finds and the fact that the cropmarks appear to bare no relation to the modern field boundaries, that they are Iron Age to Roman in date.
S. Massey (NMP), 09 November 2007.
Monument Types
- DITCH (Unknown date)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Unknown date)
- TRACKWAY (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD?)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD?)
- TRACKWAY (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD?)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1636 3177-9 09-JUL-1946 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1990. OS/90224 035-6 31-JUL-1990 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1995. OS/95564 014-5 19-JUN-1995 (NMR). |
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