NHER 1087 (Monument record) - North Elmham Great Wood
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF92SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTH ELMHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
North Elmham Great Wood partly destroyed during second world war.
Surviving parts consist mostly of coppiced hazel. Boundary bank still visible in places along north and east sides. Known as 'Burgrave Wood' in 14th century.
P. Wade-Martins (NAU).
20 March 1977. At a clearing in the wood made into a cereal field.
Context 1, at 9685 1995: scatter of Roman sherds.
Context 2, at 9685 2002, in another clearing: patch about 20m by 20m of dark soil, charcoal, brick, pantiles, large rim of stoneware bottle: probably site of 18th to 19th century building or dump.
A. Rogerson (NAU) and N. Adams.
Spong fieldwalking list (in file) adds to context 1: Neolithic flint scatter, Bronze Age flints and three Early Saxon sherds.
E. Rose (NAU), 3 September 1982
For similar cases of 'ancient' woodland being post-Roman see (S1).
Lists, Nature Conservancy Council report (S2) and press cutting (S3) in file.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Newton (Flotman).
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
- <S1> SNF4562 Article in Serial: Bellamy, B.. 1994. Anglo-Saxon Dispersed Sites and Woodland in Rockingham Forest.. Landscape History. Vol 16, p 31. p 31.
- <S2> SNF66758 Unpublished Report: Nature Conservancy Council. 1969. North Elmham Great Wood.
- <S3> SNF66757 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1981. Top badger haunt is saved. 24 June.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (7)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
May 17 2022 1:57PM