Record Details
| NHER Number: | 36751 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Undated ring ditch and linear features |
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Summary
Aerial photography in 1996 revealed the cropmarks of a ring ditch with an inner ring. This may be a Bronze Age barrow, but it could also be the site of a Roman temple. There are further cropmarks visible, but these are indistinct. Additional linear marks are field boundaries.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2302 2169 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG22SW |
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| Parish: | BUXTON WITH LAMMAS, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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| STRATTON STRAWLESS, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
18 July 1996. NLA air photography.
Ring ditch with parched inner ring ditch. Possible bowl barrow. Possible Roman temple. Possibly utilised in parish boundary.
Rectilinear enclosure appears to post date Sandy Lane. Date unknown.
There are potentially further archaeological remains in this field, but the cropmarks are indistinct.
Additional visible linears are field boundaries.
M. Brennand (NLA), 6 December 2001.
Monument Types
- BOWL BARROW? (Unknown date)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Unknown date)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- TEMPLE? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2321J - L, N. |
Related records - none
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