Record Details
NHER Number: | 4220 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Cropmarks of Roman peat cuttings |
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Summary
Several Roman peat cuttings or turbaries are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. A fragment of Roman pottery and pieces of daub were found on the site in 1933.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TF 547 001 |
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Map Sheet: | TF50SW |
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Parish: | NORDELPH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1933. Context 1 at grid reference.
Samian sherd ?F69 and daub west-northwest of Wood House (St. Joseph). At end of old drain shown by dotted line.
E. Rose (NAU)
NAU air photography 17 July 1990.
Area extended to include rest of field which is covered with cropmarks of Roman turbaries. It is salutary to note that the old drain appears on the aerial photographs as if a trackway.
E. Rose (NAU) 5 September 1996.
Monument Types
- BUILDING (Unknown date)
- PEAT CUTTING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- SITE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Aerial Photograph: TF 5400 E-H. |
--- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 50 SW 5. |
--- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
--- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Nordelph. |
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