Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17365 |
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| Type of record: | Cropmark and Earthwork |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of possible Bronze Age ring ditches |
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Summary
Two ring ditches are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The ring ditches may be the remains of Bronze Age barrows.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 74 25 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF72NW |
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| Parish: | HILLINGTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
5 August 1977. NAU aerial photography.
Cropmarks. One ring ditch.
D. Edwards (NAU), 19 March 1981.
Half a ring ditch cut by the railway.
E. Rose (NAU), 16 June 1981.
Cropmarks drawn on NCM map (S1) by A. Gregory (NAU) from Ordnance Survey air photograph do not show this. They do show another complete ring ditch to its southwest and linear marks resembling trackways etc. down to Belmont Ring.
E. Rose (NAU) 16 July 1981.
October 1997. Metal detecting.
The Roman and medieval coins previously recorded under this record are now recorded under NHER 23492.
D. Gurney (NLA), 13 November 1997. Amended H. Hamilton (HES), 11 January 2024.
Monument Types
- LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- TRACKWAY (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 2006. TF74442553. |
| <S1> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1970. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Ordnance Survey Vertical Collection. 73-003/191; 02-MAR-1973. |
| <S3> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF7425/A-C; 05-AUG-1977 (HES 58/ALT 1-3). |
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