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Roman farmstead and adjacent enclosures 300m east of Rose Hill Farm

England
List entry 1009982
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009982
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.85 hectares
Grid reference
TL 63988 98116
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Roman farmstead and adjacent enclosures 300m east of Rose Hill Farm is a Romano-British agricultural settlement located in Norfolk. The site comprises the remains of a farmstead together with associated field enclosures dating to the Roman period, reflecting the pattern of rural exploitation and land management characteristic of Roman Britain. The monument survives as cropmark evidence visible on aerial photographs, indicating the subsurface presence of ditches and structural features that defined the settlement and its surrounding agricultural landscape. This site represents an important example of Romano-British rural settlement in Norfolk and contributes to understanding the distribution and character of farming communities during the Roman occupation of Britain.

Roman farmstead and adjacent enclosures 300m east of Rose Hill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009982. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Roman farmstead and adjacent enclosures 300m east of Rose Hill Farm?

Roman farmstead and adjacent enclosures 300m east of Rose Hill Farm is a Romano-British agricultural settlement located in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009982.

Who is responsible for protecting Roman farmstead and adjacent enclosures 300m east of Rose Hill Farm?

Roman farmstead and adjacent enclosures 300m east of Rose Hill Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1009982.

What other scheduled monuments are near Roman farmstead and adjacent enclosures 300m east of Rose Hill Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and associated earthworks 270m north east of Millers Farm (1.5 km), Site of St Mary's Abbey (3.1 km), Moated site and associated earthwork enclosures 190m south east of Denver Hall (4 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site and associated earthworks 270m north east of Millers Farm
1.5 km
Site of St Mary's Abbey
3.1 km
Moated site and associated earthwork enclosures 190m south east of Denver Hall
4 km
Old gatehouse at Bexwell Hall
5.5 km
Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall
5.9 km
Remains of monastic grange with moated site at Grange Farm
6.1 km
Bowl barrow known as The Mound, 700m north east of Stradsett Hall
8.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Roman farmstead and adjacent enclosures 300m east of Rose Hill Farm

Roman farmstead and adjacent enclosures 300m east of Rose Hill Farm stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Roman farmstead and adjacent enclosures 300m east of Rose Hill Farm

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~12.1 miles
Domesday entry for Wratting, Suffolk →
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