NHER 14421 (Monument record) - Natural channel or valley, or possibly a medieval hollow way
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Hollow way, running across modern golf course, seen on air photograph (S1).
Plotted by E. Rose (NAU) 18 January 1979.
Is this a hollow way or does it have any connection with the trenches dug over the area in World War One?
See details under NHER 30564.
E. Rose (NAU) 29 May 1997.
Originally recorded in the parish of Eaton, now part of Norwich.
May 2010. Norfolk NMP.
The postulated medieval hollow way described above is visible as a curvilinear earthwork on aerial photographs (S1)-(S4), between approximately TG 2016 0752 and TG 2013 0716 (based on the plot described above). Although reasonably convincing as an archaeological feature on the oblique aerial photograph described above (S1), consultation of vertical photography for the area suggests that it is perhaps more likely to represent a natural channel or valley, the uppermost part of the now dry valley indicated by contour data approximately 200m to the south; this was presumably once a tributary of the River Yare. The valley does, however, appear on some of the photographs to have been used as a natural pathway, and the possibility that it has to some extent been created or modified by human activity, and that it might have some archaeological significance, cannot be ruled out. It has not, however, been mapped by the NMP. There is no obvious connection with the World War One trenches also recorded in this area (NHER 53591).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 14 May 2010.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF12175 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TG 2007A (NLA 38/AHB18) 27-MAY-1977.
- <S2> SNF74469 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1953. RAF 82/759 0251-2 09-APR-1953 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF74470 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1956. RAF 540/1778 (F21) 0066-7 16-JAN-1956 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF74471 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1961. MAL 61500 95815-6 30-AUG-1961 (NMR).
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Record last edited
Oct 18 2010 1:41PM