NHER 2041 (Monument record) - Possible Roman road and undated well

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Summary

An area where crops wouldn't grow has been noted in this field. This has been interpreted as a Roman road because of the amount of Roman pottery and iron working waste found nearby. Reports also suggest there was an undated well here. It was filled with building material, perhaps from a small chapel that may have stood nearby.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF93NW
Civil Parish	WALSINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1957. Fields north and east of North Norfolk Ironworks.
Infertile strip about 4.88m (16 feet) wide through field (?road).
Much Roman pottery and iron slag, late 1st to 3rd century or later.
Brickwork of building (called 'chapel') in field used to fill up 'dead well' on southwest.
See (S1) and (S2).
Reported in (S3) by [1].
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Context 1. For ngr see Notes.
Bronze coin 25mm diameter of Constantius Chlorus AD 293 to 306. Obverse. CONSTANTIVS NOB C R/GENIO POPVLI ROMANI. PLG.
See [2].
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

[3] reports a well found in this field in 1995 but in the southeast corner not the southwest, and so perhaps not the same as the 'dead well' mentioned above, unless one of the two accounts is inaccurate.
E. Rose (NLA), 19 March 2004.

Associated Sources (8)

--- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Walsingham (Great) [2].
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 93 NW 20.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF60373 Unpublished Document: Gregory, T.. 1985. Great Walsingham/Wighton ?Roman Town?. 6 February.
<S1> SNF60372 Unpublished Document: Rigg, F.. 1957. Letter. Roman road and dead well..
<S2> SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map..
<S3> SNF2273 Serial: 1957. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 4. p 5.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (4)

ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Undated)
METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Related NHER Records (1)

Geographical: NHER 42850 - Part of: Great Walsingham and Wighton Roman town (Monument)

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Walsingham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Apr 25 2022 3:25PM