Record Details

NHER Number:29833
Type of record:Monument
Name:Cropmarks of probable Bronze Age ring ditch/barrow

Summary

Cropmarks of a ring ditch can be seen on NLA oblique aerial photographs from 1989 and 1990. It seems likely that this is the remains of a Bronze Age barrow.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 7015 4182
Map Sheet:TF74SW
Parish:RINGSTEAD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

26 June 1989. NAU aerial photography.
Ring ditch.

18 June 1990. NAU aerial photography.
Ring ditch recorded at TF 701 418
D. Edwards (NAU).

April 2002. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of a ring ditch can be seen and have been mapped. They are visible on NLA oblique aerial photographs from 1989 and 1990 (S1-2). This ring ditch is centred on NGR TF7015 4182 and is approximately 30m across. It seems likely that this is the remains of a Bronze Age barrow.
H. Clare (NMP) 25 April 2002.

Monument Types

  • RING DITCH (Unknown date)
  • RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1989. SMR TF 7041C-D (NLA fl.227/DKH6-7) 26-JUN-1989.
<S2>Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1990. SMR TF 7041E-H (NLA fl.263/GAH6-9) 18-JUN-1990.

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