Record Details
| NHER Number: | 27170 |
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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
The cropmark of a possible Bronze Age ring ditch is visible on aerial photographs from 1969. Several phases of archaeological fieldwork undertake at this location between 2013 and 2016 did however fail to identify any evidence for sub-surface remains associated with this cropmark. It is therefore likely it was not in fact archaeological in origin – a possibility that had been suggested when it was first recorded.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0775 4130 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG04SE |
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| Parish: | SALTHOUSE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 2002. Norfolk NMP.
Possible ring ditch visible on Ordnance Survey aerial photographs from 1969 (S1). The circular feature is located at TG 0774 4130 and measures 15m in diameter. The northern arc is obscured by geology. The archaeological origin of this feature is not certain, the mark may itself be geological in origin. However given the fact that is situated within an area of known Bronze Age barrows and ring ditches (NHER 6200 to 6 and 36399 and 17479) then it has been mapped as a possible additional example.
S. Massey (NMP), 23 December 2002.
July 2013–April 2014. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of site on proposed route of Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm onshore cable.
This survey revealed no evidence for surviving sub-surface remains associated with this possible ring-ditch.
See report (S2) and NHER 67329 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 August July 2023.
November 2013-October 2014. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of site on proposed route of Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm onshore cable.
The single trench excavated at this location was positioned to partially coincide with the recorded position of this cropmark.
There was again no evidence for associated sub-surface remains.
See report (S3) and NHER 67329 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 August July 2023.
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> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1969. OS/69037 058-9 03-APR-1969. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Evershed, R. and Pringle, I. 2015. Archaeological Non-intrusive Survey Report: Geophysical Survey by Magnetometry, Fieldwalking and Metal Detecting for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Electrical Connection, Norfolk. Allen Archaeology Ltd. AAL 2014060. |
| <S3> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Wood, M. 2015. Archaeological Evaluation Trenching Report: Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm Cable Route. Allen Archaeology Ltd. AAL 2014068. |
Related records
| 38629 | Part of: Salthouse Barrow Cemetery (Cropmark and Earthwork) |
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