Record Details
| NHER Number: | 21833 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of possible Bronze Age ring ditch |
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Summary
An undated ring ditch visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs may be the remains of a Bronze Age barrow. Flint artefacts found on this site are recorded under NHER 33861.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 238 270 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG22NW |
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| Parish: | FELMINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
3 July 1976. Cambridge University Committee for Aerial Photography. At approximate grid reference.
'Cropmarks' noted on (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 22 October 1985.
1997. Geophysical Survey.
Survey revealed evidence of a possible outer bank and an adjacent curvilinear feature.
Flint flakes and potboilers recovered.
Information from brief summary in (S2).
P. Watkins (HES), 21 March 2017.
20 September 1998. Area of ring ditch field walked. Cross reference with NHER 33861.
Flint finds probably are later prehistoric and unrelated to the field monument.
See description by P. A. Robins (NCM) in file.
See also (S3).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 July 1999.
Monument Types
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Oblique Aerial Photograph: BYY 12 = TG 2327-A. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Cambridge University Committee for Aerial Photography. List of Aerial Photographs. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1998. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1997. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt I pp 193-210. p 197. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1999. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1998. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 369-387. p 372. |
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