NHER 9870 (Monument record) - Undated wooden possible water conduit

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Summary

In 1974 a wooden possible water conduit, made out of hollowed-out tree trunks, was discovered on this site. It was situated within the 'Roman Bank', a feature which remains undated despite the name. The date of the possible water conduit is unknown.

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Map sheet TF51NW
Civil Parish WALPOLE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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September 1974. Field Observation.
At bottom of machine-cut dyke an oak structure revealed.
Triangular in section, dowelled together; apex rotted away, base rested on transverse beams every 70cms. Sealed by layer of orange-brown clay silt 1.15m deep, sitting in flat-bottomed trench filled with mottled grey silt which was cut through peat into blue-grey silt. Structure around 70cms across at base. Ran east to west no associations; nothing similar found by farmer before. Water conduit?
Date? Peat sample, section and plans at NAU.
Investigated by A. Rogerson (NAU), 18 - 19th September 1974.
Press cutting (S1) in file.

  • --- Photograph: CPC 1-12.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1976. Discovery clue to Roman bank date. 31 March.

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Oct 8 2021 4:28PM

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