Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17208 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Roman defensive enclosure |
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Summary
An undated square enclosure with slightly rounded corners is visible on aerial photographs. It could be a late Iron Age or Roman defensive enclosure.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1946 3383 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG13SE |
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| Parish: | ALBY WITH THWAITE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
28 July 1977. NAU air photography.
Cropmarks. Square enclosure, slightly rounded corners. Possible interpretation as Signal Station, due to position.
See (S1), (S2) and (S3).
D. Edwards (NAU), 11 March 1981.
October 2005.
A 'Thornham style' enclosure. Similar enclosures have been excavated at Thornham (NHER 1308), Warham Burrows (NHER 1827) and Wighton (NHER 2072). These enclosures, along with at least five others, appear to be part of a coherent tradition of defensive planning.
Only Thornham is securely dated - constructed just before or around Roman conquest of AD 43. Possibly built by Iceni after conquest, whilst they were allied with Rome. Dating of Thornham to Late Iron Age/Early Roman period probably means that this enclosure is of a similar date.
Information from (S4).
D. Robertson (NLA), 14 October 2005.
Monument Types
- SQUARE ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- SIGNAL STATION? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TG 1933C (NLA 50/AKB6) 28-JUL-1977. |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TG 1933D (NLA 50/AKB7) 28-JUL-1977. |
| <S3> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TG 1933E (NLA 50/AKB8) 28-JUL-1977. |
| <S4> | Article in Monograph: Gregory, T. 1986. Enclosures of 'Thornham' Type in Norfolk. Excavations at Thornham, Warham, Wighton and Caistor St. Edmund, Norfolk. Gregory, T. and Gurney, D.. EAA No 30 pp 32-35. |
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