Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12298 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Bronze Age ring ditch |
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Summary
The cropmarks of a ring ditch, probably representing the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on aerial photographs to the east of Swanton Morley village.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0213 1717 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG01NW |
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| Parish: | SWANTON MORLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1972. Ordnance Survey vertical aerial photograph.
Small ring ditch visible on (S1).
Photograph seen by A. Gregory (NAU).
The central grid reference of the site has been altered from TG 0211 1717 to TG 0213 1717.
March 2008. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of a ring ditch, probably representing the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on aerial photographs to the east of Swanton Morley village (S1). The site is centred on TG 0213 1717. The ring ditch is 20m in diameter, with a ditch 1-2m, wide. The northeastern arc is not visible. This ring ditch is located at the top of the side of a minor valley leading towards the main River Wensum valley to the immediate north.
S. Massey (NMP), 03 March 2008.
Monument Types
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- ROUND BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC?)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 01 NW 24. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72160 055-6 03-JUN-1972. |
Related records - none
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