NHER 52199 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Earthworks and cropmarks of medieval to post medieval boundaries

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Summary

The earthworks and cropmarks of medieval to post medieval boundaries to the west of the Roman town of Venta Icenorum (NHER 9786) are visible on aerial photographs. The cropmarks of a trackway and associated boundaries of probable medieval to post medieval date are visible overlying those cropmarks relating to the Roman extramural settlement. Some of these features may have been earthworks in the 1920s. The trackway heads in the general direction of the church and may mark an earlier route to it from the east.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG20SW
Civil Parish	CAISTOR ST EDMUND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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March 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The earthworks and cropmarks of medieval to post medieval boundaries to the west of the Roman town of Venta Icenorum (NHER 9786) are visible on aerial photographs (S1). The site is centred on TG 2347 0334. The cropmarks of a trackway and associated boundaries of probable medieval to post medieval date are visible overlying those cropmarks relating to the Roman extramural settlement. Some of these features may have been earthworks in the 1920s (S1) The trackway heads in the general direction of the church and may mark an earlier route to it from the east.
S. Horlock (NMP), 23 March 2009.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF73641 Aerial Photograph: 1928. NMR TG2303/7 (CCC 2320) 20-JUL-1928.
<S2> SNF74127 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1977. CUCAP (CDK37) 27-JUL-1977 (NHER TG 2303AHV).
<S3> SNF73643 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1989. CUCAP (CRG9,13) 28-JUN-1989.