Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32244 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark of a medieval or post medieval mill |
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Summary
1992 and 1996 aerial photographs show the cropmarks of an exceptionally large, wide ditched feature with an entrance to the west. Later photographs clearly show a cross in the centre of the ring ditch indicating this is the cropmark of a mill mound.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1390 3930 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG13NW |
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| Parish: | WEST BECKHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
9 July 1992. NAU air photography.
Ring ditch.
D.Edwards.
19 July 1996. NLA air photography.
This is an exceptionally large, wide ditched feature with an entrance to the west.
Should be classified as hengiform.
M. Brennand (NLA), 29 August 2001.
April 2014.
Google Earth imagery from 2006 (S1) clearly shows that this is a former mill, with its distinctive cross in the centre of the ring ditch. Mapping also amended as original location was incorrect.
K.Powell (HES), 15 April 2014
Monument Types
- HENGIFORM MONUMENT (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- SITE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TG 1339 F-J. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 1439A - B; TG 1339M. |
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 01-07-2006 Accessed 15-APR-2014. |
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