Record Details
| NHER Number: | 43317 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark of a ring ditch |
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Summary
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably a round barrow of Bronze Age date, is visible on aerial photographs. This ring ditch is situated on a south facing slope at approximately 66m OD. Another ring ditch cropmark is located immediately to the southwest (NHER 11902).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 74736 38063 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF73NW |
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| Parish: | DOCKING, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably a round barrow of Bronze Age date, is visible on aerial photographs (S1). This cropmark is located at TF 7474 3806. The ring ditch is slightly sub-circular in plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 38m. It is likely that this ring ditch is of Bronze Age date and that it probably relates to a round barrow. A second ring ditch cropmark is located 90m to the southwest (NHER 11902). Both of these ring ditches are situated on a south facing slope at between 65m and 70m OD.
J. Albone (NMP), 01 March 2006
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> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1430 3260 16-APR-1946 (NMR). |
Related records
| 11902 | Related to: Ring ditch cropmark (Monument) |