Record Details
| NHER Number: | 43346 |
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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 Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs. A sub-circular ring ditch is present with a 2.5m wide ditch and an external diameter of 34m. It is likely that this ring ditch is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. It is located 160m to the north of the centre of a dispersed barrow cemetery (NHER 45008) with other ring ditches present to its north (NHER 43347, 12830 and 12831).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7338 3784 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF73NW |
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| Parish: | SEDGEFORD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S3). This ring ditch is located at TF 7338 3784 and was previously recorded as part of NHER 12829. A sub-circular ring ditch is present with a 2.5m wide ditch and an external diameter of 34m. It is likely that this ring ditch is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. It is located 160m to the north of the central group (NHER 12829) of a dispersed barrow cemetery (NHER 45008) with other ring ditches present to its north (NHER 43347, 12830 and 12831).
J. Albone (NMP), 06 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
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1976. NHER TF 7337A-E (NLA 35/AGN21-5) 27-JUL-1976. |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1976. NHER TF7337F-G (NLA 35/AGP1-2) 27-JUL-1976. |
| <S3> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1976. NHER TF 7338C-D (NLA 35/AGP4-5) 27-JUL-1976. |
Related records
| 45008 | Part of: Bronze Age barrow cemetery (Landscape) |
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