Norfolk Archaeology 41 (3)

Modern maps of the parishes of North and South Creake show a large area devoid of paved roads with most of the lanes and field boundaries aligned east-to-west, parallel to the possible Roman road called Holgate. Early-seventeenth century maps make the parallelism of this system even more evident, with the makings of patterns typical of planned field systems which have been variously related to Bronze Age to Norman activities. This paper considers map evidence from 1600 onwards, together with thirteenth and fourteenth century documentation, and concludes that this field and road system is certainly pre-eleventh century, and may well be Romano-British.

A range of fifteenth century vaults at the street frontage and a twelfth century vault at the rear of Howard Street were investigated by survey and small-scale excavation. A summary of earlier work is provided by David Bullock in `The 1976 excavation' (347), and the survey results are supplemented by Paul Rutledge's `Documentary background' (347--8).

A selection of important finds arranged by period and parish.