NMP mapping around Great Plumstead

Perhaps the most extensive of the new developments planned for the project area is the Norwich Northern Distributor route, or NDR. Aerial photographs of the area to the east of Norwich show several archaeological sites which are located within the proposed line of the NDR including a large, partially double-ditched, D-shaped enclosure at Great Plumstead. The western part of the enclosure runs parallel to a ditch which forms part of a medieval to post medieval field system, and it is likely that the enclosure is of a similar date. It lies within a relatively dense area of archaeological sites visible on the sands and gravels to the north of the River Yare, which includes a possible ring ditch or oval barrow dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, and at least one possible Late Iron Age to Early Roman D-shaped enclosure. NMP mapping © Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service/English Heritage. Ordnance Survey map reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO © Crown Copyright, licence number 100019340