Record Details

NHER Number:25768
Type of record:Cropmark and Earthwork
Name:Cropmarks of a probable Bronze Age ring ditch

Summary

The cropmarks of a probable Bronze Age ring ditch are visible on aerial photographs. The ring ditch most likely relates to the site of a Bronze Age round barrow.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 9777 0934
Map Sheet:TF90NE
Parish:SHIPDHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

22 August 1989. NAU aerial photography.
Cropmark in cereals.
One ring ditch.
D. Edwards (NAU) 22 March 1990.

7 August 1996. NLA aerial photography.
Ring ditch still visible.
S. Massey (NLA) 8 November 2001.

May 2024. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
The cropmarks of a probable Bronze Age ring ditch (see above) are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S3). The ring ditch most likely relates to the site of a Bronze Age round barrow. The monument polygon has been amended to the location of the feature as seen on S3.
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 15 May 2024.

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

---Aerial Photograph: TF9709-A-D.
---Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TF 9709E - F.
<S1>Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF9709/A-D 22-AUG-1989 (NLA 245/DNZ6-9).
<S2>Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF9709/E-F 07-AUG-1996 (NLA 384/HZY12-13).
<S3>Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 15-MAY-2024.

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