Record Details

NHER Number:36071
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible Bronze Age ring ditch and undated linear feature northeast of Kempton Park Farm

Summary

Cropmarks of a possible Bronze Age ring ditch and an undated linear feature can be seen in an aerial photograph taken near Kempton Park Farm.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 1910 2243
Map Sheet:TG12SE
Parish:HEVINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

6 July 1994. NLA air photography.
Visible as cropmarks in a field to northeast of Kempton Park Farm.
Two linear features, almost certainly ploughed out field boundaries.
One ring ditch, probably Bronze Age, although location is only accurate within a few hundred metres (images are very oblique).
M. Brennand (NLA), 13 March 2001.

September 2021. Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
The previously recorded ring ditch (see above) has now been recorded as part of NHER 64253. The linear features have been recorded as part of NHER 64257 along with further multi period linear features identified as part of the Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 27 September 2021.

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TG 1922K - N.

Related records - none

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