Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17590 |
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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 of probable Bronze Age date is visible on aerial photographs.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9496 1606 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF91NW |
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| Parish: | GRESSENHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
28 July 1977. NAU air photography.
Cropmarks of a ring ditch.
D. Edwards (NAU), 13 March 1981.
August 2007. Norfolk NMP
A cropmark of a ring ditch of probable Bronze Age date is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S4). The ring ditch is slightly sub-circular in plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 31m. It is likely that it is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow.
J. Albone (NMP), 23 August 2007.
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
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TF 9416A-B (NLA 50/AJY1-2) 28-JUL-1977. |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1992. NHER TF 9416C-F (NLA 305/CKG11-4) 29-JUN-1992. |
| <S3> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1992. NHER TF 9416G-H (NLA 317/FZB7-8) 23-JUL-1992. |
| <S4> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: 1978. NHER TF 9516A (166) 1978. |
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