Record Details
| NHER Number: | 19913 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Roman road |
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Summary
An undated road surface was revealed when a series of drainage ditches were dug. The road surface exposed lines up with the route of a previously suggested Roman road.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7639 1941 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71NE |
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| Parish: | GAYTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
December 1983. Series of drain trenches along south edge road.
Road surface revealed, flint 15cm thick at south edge of present metalling, 5cm thick at 1m south of edge of present metalling, 70cm below present verge surface. No finds or dating evidence when visited by A. Gregory (NAU). Previously noted by [1] and photographed by E. M. James (KLM). Note this road is on [2]'s suggested Lynn Roman Road alignment, though there is no evidence yet that above feature is of Roman date.
See (S1).
Information from A. Gregory (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 13 January 1984.
Monument Types
- ROAD (Undated)
- ROAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 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: East Anglian Archaeology. East Anglian Archaeology. Vol 5. |
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