Record Details
| NHER Number: | 66779 |
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| Type of record: | Cropmark and Earthwork |
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| Name: | Cropmarks and earthworks of a section of Roman road |
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Summary
A section of Roman road, part of the road suggested as crossing Norfolk east-west and recorded more broadly as NHER 2796, is visible as cropmarks and possibly also in some places as earthworks on aerial photographs and visualised lidar data. The possible earthwork elements are uncertain, but as the lidar survey was flown relatively recently (2017) it is probable that they still survive. This section of the road leads eastwards from Brampton to the River Bure, where there was presumably a crossing, from where the road is thought to continue eastwards to Smallburgh. The section recorded here crosses an area of rectilinear enclosures and field boundaries also visible as cropmarks (NHER 52551), parts of which may be contemporary with its use.
Images - none
Location
Full description
June 2023. Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
A section of Roman road is visible primarily as cropmarks, and possibly also at its eastern end as earthworks, on aerial photographs and visualised lidar data (S1-S5). It is part of the road suggested as crossing Norfolk east-west and recorded more broadly as NHER 2796. This section of the road leads eastwards from Brampton to the River Bure, where there was presumably a crossing, from where the road is thought to continue eastwards to Smallburgh. The section recorded here crosses an area of rectilinear enclosures and field boundaries also visible as cropmarks (NHER 52551), parts of which may be contemporary with its use. They include a small, double-ditched, square enclosure, seemingly attached to the south side of the road, which could feasibly be a roadside shrine or similar structure.
The possible earthwork elements at the eastern end lie within woodland and valley-bottom pasture. Their interpretation as part of the road is uncertain, and they would benefit from checking on the ground. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently (2017), it is probable that they still survive.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 9 June 2023.
Monument Types
- ROAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/106G/UK/1636 RS 4254-4255 09-JUL-1946. |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TG2423/AC-AD 19-JUL-1996 (NLA 373/JBH4-5). |
| <S3> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Oblique Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. NMR 26788_015-021 03-AUG-2010. |
| <S4> | LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. NATIONAL LIDAR SURVEY DTM 1M 17-NOV-2017. |
| <S5> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 01-JUL-2006 ACCESSED 17-FEB-2023. |
Related records
| 2796 | Part of: Fen Causeway Roman road (Monument) |