Record Details
NHER Number: | 25376 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Medieval ridge and furrow and Roman brooches |
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Summary
An area of medieval ridge and furrow is visible on aerial photographs. Two Roman brooches have been found by metal detecting.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TF 69 06 |
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Map Sheet: | TF60NE |
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Parish: | FINCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Cropmarks of ridge and furrow noted on 1946 RAF air photograph by R. Silvester (NAU) 1988
E. Rose (NAU) 7 August 1989
1 July 1976. Ordnance Survey air photography.
Positive cropmarks of ridge and furrow and trackway?
D. Voisey (NLA) 13 February 1995.
1 July 1976. Ordanance Survey air photography.
Positive cropmarks of field boundary (associated with ridge and furrow and trackway).
D. Voisey (NLA) 13 Febraury 1995.
1989 Metal detecting finds. Context 2 at [1].
2 Roman brooches: reversed fantail fragment, Hod Hill fragment.
Identified by W. Milligan (NCM) 7 August 1990.
23 February 1990. NAU Air photography.
Cropmarks now ploughed out.
D. Edwards (NAU)
January 1946. RAF air photographs.
Ridge and furrow area extended to southeast.
B. Cushion (NLA) 8 January 1998.
28 April 1994. NLA Air photography.
Soilmarks clearly depict a double ditched trackway, utilised as a headland and field boundary.
Ridge and furrow and other field boundaries are also clearly visible.
S. Massey (NLA) 6 February 2001.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SITE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Aerial Photograph: TF6906 B-R. |
--- | Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-480. |
--- | Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-481. |
--- | Vertical Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-482. |
--- | Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-480. |
--- | Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-481. |
--- | Aerial Photograph: OS 76-125-482. |
--- | Aerial Photograph: TF 6906 AJ-AL. |
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--- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
Related records - none
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