Record Details

NHER Number:17343
Type of record:Monument
Name:Bronze Age ring ditch and undated trackway

Summary

Aerial photographs show the cropmarks of a possibly Bronze Age ring ditch with a central pit. The ring ditch is cut through by the mark of an undated trackway.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 0329 0606
Map Sheet:TG00NW
Parish:GARVESTONE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

6 July, 21 July and 28 July 1977. NAU air photography.
Cropmarks of one ring ditch and linear features.
D. Edwards (NAU), 28 November 1980.

The circular mark is large and irregular and cut by one of two parallel linear features resembling a trackway.
E. Rose (NAU), 5 June 1981.

Ring ditch visible, having inner ditch or possible palisade.
D.Edwards (NAU), 19 October 1984.

2 July 1996. NLA air photography.
Cropmarks of ring ditch, with central pit, and trackway cutting across, are both clearly visible.
S. Massey (NLA), 23 July 2001.

See [1].
H. Mellor (HES), 14 April 2014.

Monument Types

  • LINEAR FEATURE (Undated)
  • PALISADE (Undated)
  • RING DITCH (Undated)
  • SITE (Undated)
  • TRACKWAY (Undated)
  • 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: TG0305 Q-R; TG0306 D-M; TG0205 C;.
---Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 0306AA - AB.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

Related records - none

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