Record Details

NHER Number:18819
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of ring ditch

Summary

This is the site of a ring ditch, probably dating to the Bronze Age, visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 827 159
Map Sheet:TF81NW
Parish:CASTLE ACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

30 June 1978.
Air photography by Aerial Archaeology Foundation.
Positive cropmark of 1 ring ditch.
D. Edwards (NAU) 19 January 1983.

Note proximity to rough location of find of 2 beakers in mound though this was claimed to be a natural mound.
See NHER 4027.

Monument Types

  • RING DITCH (Undated)
  • SITE (Undated)
  • RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

  • VESSEL (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

Protected Status

  • Higher Level Stewardship

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: TF 8215A-B.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

Related records - none

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