Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31743 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of ring ditches |
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Summary
This is the site of a group of ring ditches, one of which is a double concentric ring ditch, probably dating to the Bronze Age, and visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2837 2087 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG22SE |
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| Parish: | COLTISHALL, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
28 June 1990. NAU air photography.
Ring ditch.
D. Edwards (NAU).
26 June 1996. NLA air photography.
An additional 3 ring ditches can be identified, one of which is co-joined to the original ring ditch.
A possible fourth new example may be loacted to the north, although it is small and very faint.
A linear fetaure appears to abut up to the co-joined ring ditch.
Also 3 shorth stretches of ditch can be seen, having the appearance of an interrupted ditch.
S. Massey (NLA), 30 august 2001.
28 June 1996. NLA air photography.
Cropmarks of 5 ring ditches visible.
S. Massey (NLA), 28 September 2001.
8 July 1996. NLA air photography.
Cropmarks of ring ditch previously recorded still visible.
It appears to be a double concentric ring ditch in these photographs.
H. Clare (NLA), 26 September 2001.
Monument Types
- LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- SITE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TG 2820 A,B. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2820M - N. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2820P - Q, V. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2820C - D, H. |
Related records - none
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