Record Details
| NHER Number: | 13514 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Thurne Broad |
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Summary
An area of open water depicted on Faden’s Map of Norfolk (1797) may represent Thurne Broad, a former turbary (peat extraction site), the existence of which can also be inferred from documentary records. Its absence from later maps, such as Bryant’s map of 1826, suggests that it was either infilled or that it silted up entirely in the early 19th century.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 402 169 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG41NW |
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| Parish: | THURNE, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Approximate site of Thurne Broad (now drained).
Medieval peat working.
See (S1) and (S2).
September 2006. Norfolk NMP.
The former location and extent of Thurne Broad, described above, is not apparent on the consulted aerial photographs. In any case, the expanse of open water depicted on Faden’s Map of Norfolk (S2) would seem to lie somewhere to the south of the current site. Various ditches, banks and areas of wetter ground visible on aerial photographs may have been associated with it, but as these are mainly drainage features and do not form a coherent ‘site’ they have not been mapped by the NMP. They are most clearly visible, as vegetation marks and earthworks, on (S3)-(S6).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 26 September 2006.
Monument Types
- PEAT CUTTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PEAT EXTRACTION SITE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Lambert, J.M. & Jennings, J.N.. 1960. The Making of the Broads: A Reconsideration of their Origin in the Light of New Evidence.. |
| <S2> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 1018-20 09-JUL-1946 (NMR). |
| <S4> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72018 085-6 15-MAR-1972. |
| <S5> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1981. OS/81082 225-6 17-AUG-1981. |
| <S6> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS. 1988. BKS 0346-7 07-AUG-1988 (NCC 3460-1). |
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