Record Details
| NHER Number: | 36468 |
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| Type of record: | Cropmark and Earthwork |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of an undated rectilinear enclosure, possibly associated linear ditches and a rectilinear pit |
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Summary
Part of an undated, rectilinear, possibly trapezoidal enclosure, possibly associated linear ditches and a rectilinear pit are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2163 2250 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG22SW |
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| Parish: | HEVINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
19 July 1996. NLA air photography (S1).
What appears to be a large rectangular enclosure, with the north, east and south sides visible as cropmarks.
A light band with darker edges passing through the enclosure is likely to be a road, possibly leading towards Brampton, i.e. dating from the Roman period.
M. Brennand (NLA), 9 May 2001.
May 2023. Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
Part of an undated rectilinear enclosure, described above, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (S1-S4). Linear ditches, probably field boundaries, in the surrounding area may be contemporary with it, and a rectilinear pit is also visible. The possible Roman road described above is in fact a modern service trench. It cuts through the enclosure and the pit, and may be responsible for giving the latter its rectilinear shape.
The cropmarks are rather fragmentary and the different alignments evident may indicate that more than one phase of activity is represented. The enclosure may be trapezoidal, but it is difficult to know which ditches are contemporary, so its apparent northern side could instead be an unrelated boundary ditch. There is little evidence to indicate the date of the features: finds of all periods have been recovered from this and surrounding fields (for example, NHER 7633 and 40978). The quantity and range of Roman material recovered, and the rectilinear form of the enclosure, could indicate a Roman date for at least some elements of the site but this is far from certain.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 5 May 2023.
Monument Types
- (Former Type) ROAD (Unknown date)
- ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Unknown date)
- PIT (Unknown date)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- TRAPEZOIDAL ENCLOSURE? (Unknown date)
- (Former Type) ROAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PIT (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- TRAPEZOIDAL ENCLOSURE? (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. MAL/76053 V 138 29-JUN-1976. |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TG2122/D-E 19-JUL-1996 (NLA 373/JBH10-11). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 01-JUL-2006 ACCESSED 09-FEB-2023. |
| <S4> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd and Getmapping Plc. unknown. Aerial Photography for Great Britain (APGB) Orthophotographs. https://www.apgb.co.uk. TG2122 28-AUG-2017. |
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