NHER 50631 (Monument record) - Cropmark of a probable medieval road
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF91NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BEETLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
September 2007. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a probable medieval road is visible on aerial photographs (S1). A negative linear cropmark is present on a roughly southwest to northeast alignment. It continues the alignment of a former road visible beyond Vale Farm (NHER 50632) which survives further to the northeast as Field Lane. The road to the northeast of Vale Farm is marked on Faden’s 1797 county map (S2), but the section recorded here that is visible only as a cropmark is not shown and was presumably out of use by that date. It is likely that it is of medieval date and it probably formed part of a network of roads across and around Hoe Common (S2). The presence of this cropmark suggests that the medieval road cut across the line of the Fen Causeway Roman road (NHER 2796).
J. Albone (NMP), 21 September 2007.
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Record last edited
May 17 2022 2:01PM