Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9623 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark of possible ring ditch |
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Summary
Aerial photographs of this area, taken before 1933, record a possible ring ditch. Nothing was visible on the ground, and experimental trenching also failed to note any archaeological features. This area is now covered by a housing development.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 266 094 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NE |
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| Parish: | THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
West of Gargytt Hills on north side of Laundry Loke or Limekiln Lane.
Aerial Photograph oblique by NNAC (Norfolk and Norwich Aero Club) revealed circle (dark) around 40 - 50 foot (12m-15m) diametre; nothing visible on ground 2 September 1933 or 28 December 1934.
R. R. Clarke (NCM) trenched site in advance of building in 14-15 April 1934 - nothing found.
Area now developed.
Compiled by A. J. Lawson (NAU), 1975.
Monument Types
- RING DITCH? (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: NNAC 1933. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 NE 2. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Thorpe St Andrew. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Lawson, A.J.. The Barrows of East Anglia.. East Anglian Archaeology. Vol 12. |
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