Record Details

NHER Number:36352
Type of record:Monument
Name:Cropmarks of possible Bronze Age ring ditch and linear ditches

Summary

Aerial photography in 1996 recorded the cropmarks of a ring ditch and two linear ditches. It seems likely that the ring ditch relates to the linear barrow cemetery to the south (NHER 22184 and 17697).

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 2354 9755
Map Sheet:TM29NW
Parish:SAXLINGHAM NETHERGATE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

2 July 1996. NLA aerial photography.
Cropmarks of ring ditch and two linear ditches.
The extent of all three features is obscured by geological patterning.
It seems likely that the ring ditch relates to the linear barrow cemetery to the south (NHER 22184 and 17697).
S. Massey (NLA) 24 July 2001.

Monument Types

  • LINEAR FEATURE (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). 1996. TM 2897J.
---Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2397ABA.

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