Record Details
| NHER Number: | 11896 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark of ring ditch |
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Summary
Cropmarks of a ring ditch can be seen and have been mapped. It seems likely that it is of Bronze Age date, but this is not certain. This ring ditch is only visible on the 1946 RAF aerial photographs.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7287 4145 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF74SW |
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| Parish: | THORNHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Ring ditch on RAF air photographs.
Information from A. Lawson (NAU).
No sign in field of young cereal.
A. Lawson (NAU), 23 March 1976.
April 2002. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of a ring ditch can be seen and have been mapped. It seems likely that it is of Bronze Age date, but this is not certain. It is centred on NGR TF7286 4145 and is about 30 to 35m across. This ring ditch is only visible on the 1946 RAF aerial photographs (S1 to (S3).
It is possible that in the centre of the ring ditch there is the cropmark of some sort of pit showing up, however this is not very clear and may be entirely due to the underlying geology.
H. Clare (NMP), 26 April 2002.
Monument Types
- PIT (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
- Higher Level Stewardship
- Higher Level Stewardship
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 3068 07-JUN-1946 (Norfolk SMR TF 7241D). |
| <S2> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 4293 07-JUN-1946 (Norfolk SMR TF 7241B). |
| <S3> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 4087 07-JUN-1946 (Norfolk SMR TF 7241C). |
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