Record Details

NHER Number:32234
Type of record:Monument
Name:Undated square enclosure and ring ditch, probably marking the site of an old pit

Summary

A square enclosure with a ring ditch inside is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. It is likely that this is the remains of an infilled pit, although it has previously been suggested that they are the remains of a Roman barrow and a Bronze Age barrow respectively.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 1181 1603
Map Sheet:TG11NW
Parish:MORTON ON THE HILL, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

6 July 1992. NAU air photography.
A ring ditch within a square enclosure was identified as cropmarks within aerial photos.
D. Edwards (NLA).

May 2005. Field Observation.
There is an obvious hollow at this approximate location, suggesting that the cropmark might be an old pit.
D. Gurney (NLA), 2 May 2005.

November 2007. Norfolk NMP.
This site was not mapped as part of the NMP as it was felt to be the remains of a pit as suggested above.
S. Massey (NMP), 09 November 2007.

Monument Types

  • PIT (Unknown date)
  • RING DITCH (Unknown date)
  • SQUARE ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
  • RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • SQUARE BARROW (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: TG 1116 A-C.

Related records - none

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