Record Details

NHER Number:17237
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible Bronze Age ring ditch

Summary

Aerial photography from 1977 to 1996 has revealed the cropmarks of an incomplete ring ditch.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 2288 2335
Map Sheet:TG22SW
Parish:BUXTON WITH LAMMAS, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

30 July 1977. NAU air photography. Cropmark.
Half of a double concentric ring ditch.
E. Rose and D. Edwards (NAU) 8 May 1981.

26 June 1996. NLA air photography (AP1).
Cropmarks of incomplete double concentric ring ditch.
Caution must be applied to date as it is of a similar size to a circular wooded area to the immediate north.
S. Massey (NLA), 24 September 2001.

28 June 1996. NLA air photography (AP2).
Double concentric ring ditch still visible.
S. Massey (NLA), 28 September 2001.

Monument Types

  • RING DITCH (Undated)
  • SITE (Undated)
  • RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • SITE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: TG 2223AEM-AEY.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2223AGY - AGZ.
<S2>Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2223AHA - AHD; TG 2323E.

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