Record Details

NHER Number:15400
Type of record:Monument
Name:Probable Bronze Age ring ditch

Summary

A ring ditch with a central pit is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. These are probably the remains of a Bronze Age barrow.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 8635 1967
Map Sheet:TF81NE
Parish:LITCHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Cropmark of ring ditch with central spot.
E. Rose (NAU), 2 November 1979.

July 2002. Desk-based assessment.
A cropmark measuring c. 35m in diameter is interpreted as a Bronze Age ring ditch with central spot.
See (S1).
S. Howard (NLA), 1 March 2010.

Monument Types

  • RING DITCH (Unknown date)
  • SITE (Unknown date)
  • RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • SITE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. OS AP 76 019 009.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 2002. Bacton to Kings Lynn Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment. Network Archaeology. 179.

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56103Part of: Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery, Weasenham Heath (Landscape)
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