NHER 26826 (Monument record) - Earthwork bank of possible medieval to post medieval road

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Summary

A bank or possible roadway, probably dating to the medieval to post medieval period, visible on aerial photographs.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF63NE
Civil Parish HEACHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

April 2002. Norfolk NMP.
A bank or possible roadway is visible running from TF 6959 3592 to TF 6948 3624 on 1946 RAF aerial photographs (S1). It follows the Heacham/Sedgeford parish boundary and may represent an established route between the two parishes. It is also worth noting that to the immediate south of the possible road at TF 6961 3575 is Limekiln Plantation on the 2nd edition map (1902-7, 6”) (S2), with associated quarrying and limehouses, site (26825) possibly being one such building. It is possible that this road is compacted trackway is associated with this industrial site. A broad linear is marked along this route on the 1623 Map of Heacham Manor (S3). It is not entirely clear from the map but it appears to be a fairly substantial route or trackway.
S. Massey (NMP), 25 April 2002.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 4313 07-JUN-1946.
  • <S2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-1907. Ordnance Survey Map. 25 inch to the mile. Second Edition. 1:2500.
  • <S3> Map: Waterman, T.. 1623. Map of Heacham “A Description of the towne of Hecham in the County of Norfolk" IN The Archaeology of Heacham and the Adjoining Areas.
  • <S4> Monograph: Lewton-Braine, C. H. 1967. The Archaeology of Heacham and the adjoining areas.

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Record last edited

Apr 17 2023 3:56PM

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