Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12786 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Bronze Age ring ditches |
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Summary
Aerial photography in 1976 and 1977 revealed the cropmarks of five possibly Bronze Age ring ditches, one of which is cut by a backfilled quarry. Also revealed were the marks of enclosures and linear features.
Images - none
Location
Full description
1976. Aerial photgraphy.
Four ring ditches, one cut by a quarry now backfilled, and another in the curve of an enclosure.
Other linear cropmarks, and a subrectangular enclosure with rounded corners.
1977. Aerial photography.
Fifth ring ditch added.
E. Rose (NAU), 12 September 1977.
Copy of air photograph and correspondence in file.
November 2008. NBIC Northeast Norwich Scoring Project.
This possible ring ditch is in close proximity to several other possible ring ditches and Prehistoric mounments (see NHER 36750, NHER 31742, NHER 36471) as well as a possible Neolithic causewayed enclosure (NHER 7690).
There is an area of more closely grouped ring ditches located southeast of RAF Coltishall. This group includes NHER 5788, NHER 5789, NHER 36338, NHER 36339, NHER 36346, NHER 36473, NHER 36725, NHER 36726, NHER 36727, NHER 36728, and outlying NHER 11672.
H. Hamilton (NLA), 20 November 2008.
Monument Types
- LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
- QUARRY (Unknown date)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- BARROW CEMETERY? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TG 2322A,B, TG 2321A,B, TG 2321C-F. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2322M - R. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 22 SW 32. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
Related records - none
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