Record Details
| NHER Number: | 18088 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Undated ditch in Merton Wood |
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Summary
An undated ditch survives as earthworks. It is probably a woodland boundary or a feature marking the edge of Merton Park (NHER 30516).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 9139 9757 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL99NW |
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| Parish: | MERTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
On highest point of wood.
Ditch. V-shaped, overgrown and exact limits not ascertained. Not a natural feature or watercourse. Curving.
[1] believes it to be part of an ancient fortification, but it has no bank and there is no other evidence. Probably some sort of wood or park boundary or feature.
There are oaks here many centuries old.
For the other 'fortifications', see NHER 18087 - hollow way.
Remainder are glacial formations.
E. Rose (NAU), 30 April 1982.
Monument Types
- BOUNDARY (Unknown date)
- DITCH (Unknown date)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records
| 30516 | Part of: Merton Park (Monument) |