Record Details
| NHER Number: | 43331 |
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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, probably a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs. The ring ditch is sub-circular in plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 21m. It is situated on a northeast facing slope at approximately 34m OD. It is an outlier from a group of ring ditches present further to the northeast on the opposite side of a small valley. The closest of these occupies a similar position on the valley side 350m to the northeast (NHER 12157).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 73089 35132 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF73NW |
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| Parish: | FRING, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). This cropmark is centred on TF 7309 3513. The ring ditch is sub-circular in plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 21m. It is likely that this ring ditch is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. It is situated on a northeast facing slope at approximately 34m OD. It is an outlier from a group of ring ditches present further to the northeast on the opposite side of a small valley. The closest of these occupies a similar position on the valley side 350m to the northeast (NHER 12157).
J. Albone (NMP), 03 March 2006
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
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1958. RAF 543/392 (F22) 234-5 17-SEP-1958 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1964. CUCAP (AIQ84) 27-APR 1964. |
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