Record Details
| NHER Number: | 52026 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of Roman road west of Venta Icenorum |
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Summary
The cropmarks of the Roman road running west out of the Roman town of Venta Icenorum (NHER 9786) are visible on aerial photographs. This section of road forms the eastern extent of the road that is intermittently visible running west from the town, see NHER 52027 for overall parent record.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2221 0353 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20SW |
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| Parish: | STOKE HOLY CROSS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| SWARDESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of the Roman road running west out of the Roman town of Venta Icenorum (NHER 9786) are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S6). This section of road forms the eastern extent of the road that is intermittently visible running west from the town, see NHER5 2027 for overall parent record. The site is centred on TG 2223 0353. The parchmark over the compacted and metalled road varies in width from 2.5m to 8m. Roadside and flanking ditches running to either side of the road surface are visible intermittently.
S. Horlock (NMP), 01 April 2009.
Monument Types
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
- BOUNDARY BANK (Unknown date)
- ROAD? (Unknown date)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- BOUNDARY BANK (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- ROAD (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- BOUNDARY BANK (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- FIELD BOUNDARY? (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/772 6262-3 06-SEP-1945 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1970. OS/70104 098-9 14-MAY-1970 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.. 1977. NHER TG 2203AX (NLA 50/AJZ23) 28-JUL-1977. |
| <S4> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.. 1980. NHER TG 2203ABE-F (NLA 77/ANH7-8) 04-JUN-1980. |
| <S5> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.. 1990. NHER TG 2203AEH (NLA 265/GAV1) 20-JUN-1990. |
| <S6> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96247 163-5 22-JUL-1996 (NMR). |
Related records
| 52027 | Part of: Roman road from Caistor Roman town to the settlement and temple at Crownthorpe (Monument) |