Record Details
| NHER Number: | 52027 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman road from Caistor Roman town to the settlement and temple at Crownthorpe |
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Summary
The line of a Roman road between Caistor St Edmund (the Roman town of Venta Icenorum) and Crownthorpe (the site of a Roman temple, NHER 8897) has been traced, principally through earthworks, soilmarks and cropmarks visible on aerial photographs (NHER 52024, 52026, 19725). To the west of Crownthorpe, the line has been postulated to continue as far as Saham Toney and Watton (NHER 8786, 18322), although physical evidence for this is scant.
This Roman would potentially have linked up with the section of Roman road to the north of Wymondham (NHER 19725), which is recorded from aerial photographs running from the Roman settlement and temple at Crownthorpe (NHER 8897) towards the Roman town at Caistor. Evidence, either aerial photographic and field survey, section of road is not known past Ketteringham village, although the route is likely to be fossilised in the eastern section of ‘The Street’ and the western part of the track leading east from the Fiveways junction.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2133 0352 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20SW |
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| Parish: | CAISTOR ST EDMUND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| HETHERSETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| KESWICK, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| 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 a possible section of the Roman road from Watton (NHER 8786, 19725, 52027) that approaches the Roman town at Caistor St Edmund via Crownthorpe to the west are visible on aerial photographs.
This Roman would potentially have linked up with the section of Roman road to the north of Wymondham (NHER 19725), which is recorded from aerial photographs running from the Roman settlement and temple at Crownthorpe (NHER 8897) towards the Roman town at Caistor. Evidence, either aerial photographic and field survey, section of road is not known past Ketteringham village, although the route is likely to be fossilised in the eastern section of ‘The Street’ and the western part of the track leading east from the Fiveways junction.
S. Horlock (NMP), 01 April 2009.
March 2011. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of a section of the Roman road (NHER 19725) to the south of Hethersett are clearly visible on aerial photographs (S5-S8). The road can be seen as an intermittent bank feature, measuring up to approximately 13m in width, between TG 1363 0333 and TG 1509 0336. Further cropmarks are also visible to the east, and have been recorded under NHER 52024.
E. Bales (NMP), 28 March 2011.
July 2011. Norfolk NMP.
NMP mapping of the course of the road through Ordnance Survey quarter sheet TG10SW is recorded under NHER 19725.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 13 July 2011.
Monument Types
- ROAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1961. MAL/61500 95854-5 30-AUG-1961 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.. 1980. NHER TG 2203ABE-F (NLA 77/ANH7-8) 04-JUN-1980. |
| <S3> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.. 1990. NHER TG 2203AEH (NLA 265/GAV1) 20-JUN-1990. |
| <S4> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96247 167-8 22-JUL-1996 (NMR). |
| <S5> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1955. RAF 58/1896 (F21) 0088-9 10-OCT-1955 (NMR). |
| <S6> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1962. RAF 543/1883 (F22) 0159-60 27-SEPT-1962 (NMR). |
| <S7> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. XX-XXXX-1999 Accessed 28-MAR-2011. |
| <S8> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 28-MAR-2011. |
Related records
| 18322 | Parent of: Cropmarks of possible Roman road/trackway (Monument) |
| 52026 | Parent of: Cropmarks of Roman road west of Venta Icenorum (Monument) |
| 19725 | Parent of: Line of Roman road between Caistor St Edmund and Crownthorpe principally visible as earthworks, soilmarks and cropmarks on aerial photographs (Monument) |
| 52024 | Parent of: Roman road from Caistor St Edmund to Crownthorpe (Monument) |
| 8786 | Parent of: Watton Roman Road (Monument) |