NHER 49354 (Monument record) - Cropmarks of a probable medieval to post medieval roads
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG40SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | REEDHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
April 2007. Norfolk NMP
Cropmarks of probable medieval to early post medieval roads are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S3). These cropmarks are centred on TG 4153 0263. A southeast to northwest aligned section of linear negative cropmark is visible. At its northwest end it forms a T-junction with a southwest to northeast aligned linear cropmark that turns towards the northwest. These negative linear cropmarks appear to relate to the compacted or metalled surfaces of roads. They are flanked by narrow positive linear cropmarks relating to roadside ditches. The pattern of these roads does not correspond to that shown on Faden’s 1797 county map (S4) and it is likely that they are of medieval to early post medieval date. Cropmarks elsewhere in Reedham parish suggest that there has been extensive local replanning of the road network since the medieval to post medieval period.
J. Albone (NMP), 20 April 2007
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF67177 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/UK/LA/15 3029-30 28-MAY-1944 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF67178 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1953. RAF 82/724 127-8 16-FEB-1953 (NHER TG 4102A-B).
- <S3> SNF67179 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1970. OS/70173 279-80 03-JUN-1970.
- <S4> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
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Record last edited
Jun 27 2025 8:41AM