NHER 51651 (Monument record) - Probable Roman road surface

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Summary

A watching brief in July-August 2008 revealed a layer of flinty gravel metalling, probably part of a Roman road.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF93NW
Civil Parish WIGHTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

July-August 2008. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with installation of Anglian Water pipeline.
At the point at which the pipe trench crossed the line of the Roman road (NHER 2050) a layer of flinty gravel metalling approximately 4m wide was visible at a depth of approximately 0.3m. No roadside ditches were visible.
See report (S1) for further information.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2016.168).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 9 June 2009. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 June 2019.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Stocks, H. 2008. An Archaeological Watching Brief at Wighton WTW Nitrate Compliance Scheme. NAU Archaeology. 1887.

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Record last edited

Jun 21 2019 7:19PM

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