NHER 9593 (Monument record) - Postulated site of sub-rectangular cropmark

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Summary

A sub-rectangular cropmark of unspecified date and function was identified on an aerial photograph taken in April 1946. Subsequent field investigation and an intensive survey of the aerial photographs failed to confirm the existence or archaeological origin of the feature. The site has since been built over.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG20NW
Civil Parish	NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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Subrectangular cropmark RAF/Ordnance Survey aerial photographs from 16 April 1946 (S1).
Compiled by R. Clarke (NCM).

Originally recorded in the parish of Lakenham, now part of Norwich.

December 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The NMP survey of the available aerial photographs, including (S1), did not identify the cropmark described above. While various marks are visible on these and other aerial photographs (for example (S2)-(S3)) most seem to relate to recent agricultural activity and post medieval field boundaries and tracks; none was convincing enough as an archaeological feature to warrant mapping. The NMR record for the site (NMR TG 20 NW 162) records that a field investigation undertaken in 1954 failed to identify any surface trace of the postulated cropmark. The site has since been built over.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 4 December 2009.

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Lakenham.
--- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Sustead.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 NW 162.
<S1> SNF75057 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1429 4102-3 16-APR-1946 (NMR).
<S2> SNF75659 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/1007 5014-5 15-NOV-1945 (NMR).
<S3> SNF75660 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 58/700 (Vp6) 5014-5 31-MAY-1951 (NMR).

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

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Record last edited

Jun 13 2016 3:23PM