Record Details
| NHER Number: | 36404 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of probable Bronze Age ring ditch |
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Summary
A ring ditch, probably marking the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. Fragments of additional probable ring ditches are visible 125m to the south (NHER 54642-3).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1037 0291 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG10SW |
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| Parish: | WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
2 July 1996. NLA aerial photgraphy.
Cropmark of ring ditch clearly visible within crop, the ditch appears quite broad.
It is likely to be a Bronze Age funerary feature.
S. Massey (NLA), 26 July 2001.
July 2011. Norfolk NMP.
NMP mapping has resulted in the alteration of the central grid reference of the site from TG 1036 0290 to TG 1037 0291.
The ring ditch described above, which, as suggested, probably marks the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2). It is broadly circular in plan and measures approximately 28.5m in diameter. Fragments of additional probable ring ditches are visible 125m to the south (NHER 54642-3).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 13 July 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
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. NHER TG 1002L-N (NLA 367/HYB7-9) 02-JUL-1996. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 05-OCT-2003 Accessed 13-JUL-2011. |
Related records
| 54643 | Related to: Site of possible prehistoric ring ditch (Monument) |
| 54642 | Related to: Site of probable Bronze Age ring ditch (Monument) |
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