Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12820 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible site of medieval fair |
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Summary
This site is reportedly the site of a medieval fair. The cropmarks on the site are recorded as NHER 8258 and 38542.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3920 2588 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG32NE |
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| Parish: | INGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
CROPMARKS AT THIS SITE ARE NOW DIVIDED BETWEEN NHER 8258 AND NHER 38542.
July 1976.
Probable ring ditch cropmark.
E. Rose (NAU), 14 September 1977.
Lady living next to the Swan Inn states that this field is a medieval fairstead, and is much visited by metal detector users in 1985.
E. Rose (NAU), 2 May 1985.
19 July 1994. NLA air photography.
Cropmark of ring ditch still visible, also visible is a trackway, a series of rectilinear enclosures and linear features.
It is likely to relate to a similar group of cropmarks to the northeast (NHER 8258).
S. Massey (NLA), 19 April 2001.
March 2004. Norfolk NMP
Ring ditch assigned separate record number NHER 38542. All other cropmarks are now recorded as part of NHER 8258.
J. Albone (NMP), 25 March 2004
Monument Types
- LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- TRACKWAY (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- MARKET (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TG 3926G, TG 3925C. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TG3925/J - M. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records
| 38567 | Related to: Medieval to post medieval road (Monument) |
| 38542 | Related to: Possible Bronze Age round barrow (Monument) |
| 8258 | Related to: Possible manorial site boundary (Monument) |