Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32197 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of ring ditch and circular pit |
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Summary
Aerial photography from the 1990s recorded the cropmarks of a ring ditch, with slightly expanded terminals at entrance, which may be part of the same group as NHER 29559. Cropmarks also indicate the presence of a circular pit within the causeway of the ring dirch.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0029 1798 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG01NW |
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| Parish: | SWANTON MORLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
OF THE CROPMARKS DESCRIBED BELOW, ONLY THE (POSSIBLY HENGIFORM) RING DITCH AND ACCOMPANYING PIT ARE STILL RECORDED UNDER THIS NUMBER. THE POSSIBLE TRACKWAY IS NOW RECORDED AS PART OF NHER 50862.
10 July 1992. NLA aerial photography.
Ring ditch, with slightly expanded terminals at entrance.
Across parish boundary from ring ditch NHER 29559 - part of same group.
1946 air photographs show this is not a wartime feature.
Plot in file for NHER 29559.
Comp. E.Rose 20 January 1997.
29 June 1993. NLA aerial photography (S1).
Cropmark of ring ditch visible and circular pit located within causeway of ring ditch.
Also visible is a linear feature of two parallel ditches - possible trackway, although may be of recent military origin.
Compiled by S. Massey (NLA), 29 January 2001.
29 June 1995. NLA aerial photography (S2).
Cropmarks visible.
H. Clare (NLA), 3 August 2001.
26 August 1997. NLA aerial photography (S3).
Cropmarks not clearly visible.
H. Clare (NLA), 29 March 2001.
March 2008. Norfolk Aggregates Assessment Project.
Of the cropmarks described above, only the (possibly hengiform) ring ditch and accompanying pit are still recorded under this number. The possible trackway is now recorded as part of NHER 50862.
S. Tremlett (NLA), 5 March 2008.
Monument Types
- PIT? (Unknown date)
- HENGIFORM MONUMENT? (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TG 0017/C-D, F-H. |
| <S1> | Aerial Photograph: TG 0017 N-S, TG 0018 P, TG 0017 J-K. |
| <S2> | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1995. TG 0017AD. |
| <S3> | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1997. TG0017/T - X. |
Related records - none
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