Record Details
| NHER Number: | 30316 |
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| Type of record: | Cropmark and Earthwork |
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| Name: | Possible Bronze Age ring ditch |
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Summary
Curvilinear cropmarks visible on aerial photographs taken in 1989 were thought to potentially represent a Bronze Age ring-ditch. However a trench excavated across these cropmarks in 2022 revealed no clear evidence for associated sub-surface remains. Given that these cropmarks were recorded as being particularly ephemeral this negative results suggest they were most likely not archaeological in origin.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 111 400 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG14SW |
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| Parish: | BODHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
11 July 1989. NAU air photography.
Possible double concentric ring ditch.
D. Edwards (NAU).
May 2003. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of possible concentric ring ditch visible on NLA oblique aerial photographs from 1989 (S1). The site is extremely confused by reversed cropmarks of geological background features. At first glance the previously recorded concentric ring ditch is not visible. However there are several arcs of possible ditches, which may define part of the circuit of a ring ditch, approximately 19.5m in diameter. One stretch of ditch runs from TG 1109 4007 to TG 1110 4006 and another from TG 1111 4008 to TG 1110 4008. The possible inner ditch seen from the air may be partly visible from TG 1110 4007 to TG 1110 4007, potentially 6.5m in diameter. Having recorded these possible arcs of ring ditch, it must be stated again that the cropmarks were ephemeral in the extreme and further photography would be required for a more definite interpretation.
S. Massey (NMP), 16 May 2005.
February-June 2022. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of site on proposed route of Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm onshore cable.
This work saw the excavation of a north-to-south trench that coincided with all three of the mapped cropmarks. There was however no clear evidence for associated remains. Although the southern side of the possible outer ring-ditch coincided with a feature, this appeared to terminate within the trench and was most likely some form of pit. It produced no finds.
Given these negative results and the ephemeral natural of the cropmarks it now seems most likely that they not archaeological in origin.
See NHER 66140 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 24 October 2022.
Monument Types
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- SITE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TG 1140 A-C. |
| <S1> | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A.. 1989. SMR TG 1140A-C (NLA 236/DWJ/5-7) 11-JUL-1989. |
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