NHER 53400 (Monument record) - Fragment of undated earthwork trackway
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM09SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SNETTERTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
February 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A ditch or possible trackway is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1) to the north of Snetterton airfield, running from TM 0058 9071 to TM 0061 9065.
The ditch measures 10m in width and 64m in length. It is only visible on one set of aerial photographs, and has therefore been recorded with a note of caution.
This area has also been identified as the possible site of the deserted Medieval village of Ashby in the NMR record for the site, indicated by `Ashby' place-names (S2). No evidence had been found on the ground, however, and it is not certain that this feature relates to the village of Ashby.
E. Bales (NMP), 10 February 2010.
May-June 2001. Fieldwalking survey area A31.
A concentration of medieval pottery was recovered from this area and the lack of nearby settlement within the villages of Shropham and Quidenham could suggest that this concentration may derive from an isolated farmstead rather than from manuring from known medieval townships.
See (S3) and (S4).
S. Howard (NLA), 23 March 2010.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF73053 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1707 3105-6 29-AUG-1946 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF5671 Article in Serial: Davison, A. 1972. Some Aspects of the Agrarian History of Hargham and Snetterton as revealed in the Buxton MSS. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXV Pt III pp 335-355. pp 340-343.
- <S3> SNF73521 Unpublished Contractor Report: Albion Archaeology. 2001. A11 Roudham to Attleborough Improvement Scheme. Archaeological Fieldwalking Survey. Pixley, J. 2001/25.
- <S4> SNF73520 Unpublished Contractor Report: Brossier, A. 2007. A11 Roudham Heath to Attleborough Improvement Scheme. Post Excavation Assessment and Research Design. Jacobs. B0026600.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (7)
Object Types (1)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Feb 18 2021 10:12AM