Record Details
| NHER Number: | 16658 |
|---|
| Type of record: | Monument |
|---|
| Name: | Site of probably Bronze Age ring ditch |
|---|
Summary
An undated ring ditch, probably marking the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0999 0147 |
|---|
| Map Sheet: | TG00SE |
|---|
| Parish: | WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
|---|
Full description
6 July 1977. NAU aerial photography.
Cropmark of possible ring ditch approximately 20m diameter.
J. Bown (NAU), 28 October 1980.
Note however frost polygons in field to north, very similar.
E. Rose (NAU).
29 June 1993. NLA aerial photography.
Cropmark of ring ditch and central pit showing clearly.
S. Massey (NLA), 30 January 2001.
September 2011. Norfolk NMP.
The undated ring ditch described above, which probably marks the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (S1)-(S5), centred at TG 0999 0147. The same ring ditch has also been recorded as NHER 36403. While the ring ditch has the appearance of a genuine archaeological feature, other marks in this area and slightly to the north (around TG 0988 0164, see (S6)) are more likely to be of geological or relatively recent origin (post medieval to modern field boundaries and drains); these have not been mapped. They include the postulated central pit within the ring ditch, described above, and the linear features described in the record for NHER 36403. The postulated causeway on its southwest side, also described under NHER 36403 and suggested as giving it a hengiform appearance, is in fact a result of the cropmark being masked on this side on some of the aerial photographs.
The ring ditch is slightly oval in plan and measures 28.5m long and 25m wide.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 14 September 2011.
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
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TG0901 C,D,E-G; TG1001 AS-AT. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TG 1001 AEH-AEJ, TG 0901 M. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1995. TG0901/N - Q. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1990. NHER TG 0901H-J (NLA 275/GER1-2) 01-AUG-1990. |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1990. NHER TG 0901E-G (NLA 279/GFH3-5) 21-AUG-1990. |
| <S3> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Long, V.. 1990. NHER TG 1001AS-AT XX-XXX-1990. |
| <S4> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. NHER TG 1001AFD-G (NLA 361/JBB6-9) 14-JUN-1996. |
| <S5> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 11-SEP-2006 Accessed 14-SEP-2011. |
| <S6> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1973. OS/73320 075-6 16-JUN-1973 (NMR). |
Related records
| 36403 | Related to: Site of undated ring ditch, also recorded as NHER 16658 (Monument) |
Find out more...