Record Details
| NHER Number: | 42081 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark of ring ditch |
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Summary
A cropmark of a ring ditch, is visible on aerial photographs. It is likely that this ring ditch is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. A second ring ditch is located 130m to the southwest (NHER 17592). It is possible that both of these ring ditches are outliers from a barrow cemetery located 450m to the east (NHER 8645).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 49332 13002 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG41SE |
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| Parish: | FILBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1). This cropmark is located TG 4933 1300. The ring ditch is sub-circular to sub-oval in plan with a narrow ditch and a maximum external diameter of 15m. A 4m wide gap in the ditch is present on its northeast side. It is likely that this ring ditch is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. It is located on a south facing slope at approximately 14m OD. A second ring ditch is located 130m to the southwest (NHER 17592). It is possible that both of these ring ditches are outliers from a barrow cemetery located 450m to the east (NHER 8645).
J. Albone (NMP), 17 October 2005
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 - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. NHER TG 4912AB (NLA 362/JDN3) 19-JUN-1996. |
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