Record Details
| NHER Number: | 16734 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark of ring ditch of probable Bronze Age date |
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Summary
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs. The ring ditch is slightly sub-circular in plan with a 2m wide ditch and an external diameter of 20m. It is situated on the edge of a small valley at 14m OD. Two more ring ditch cropmarks are located 590m and 820m further to the west along the valley (NHER 16735-6).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3291 1380 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG31SW |
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| Parish: | WOODBASTWICK, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
17 July 1979. NAU aerial photographs.
Cropmark of ring ditch, approximately 20m diameter.
J. Bown (NAU) 12 November 1980.
October 2006. Norfolk NMP
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1). This cropmark is located at TG 3291 1381. The ring ditch is slightly sub-circular in plan with a 2m wide ditch and an external diameter of 20m. It is likely that it is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. It is situated on the edge of a small valley at 14m OD. Two more ring ditch cropmarks are located 590m and 820m further to the west along the valley (NHER 16735-6).
J. Albone (NMP) 12 October 2006
Monument Types
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1979. NHER TG 3213D (NLA 73/AMT4) 17-JUL-1979. |
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