Record Details

NHER Number:36725
Type of record:Monument
Name:Cropmarks of probably Bronze Age ring ditch

Summary

Aerial photography from 1996 recorded the cropmarks of a single ring ditch with a central feature which may be a grave. It is thought to be related to the possible cemetery group NHER 36473.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 2778 2156
Map Sheet:TG22SE
Parish:TUNSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

18 July 1996. NLA aerial photography.
Single ring ditch visible with central feature (grave?).
Probably related to cemetery (?) group NHER 36473.
M. Brennand (NLA), 3 December 2001.


November 2008. NBIC Northeast Norwich Scoring Project.
This ring ditch is in close proximity to several other ring ditches. This group includes NHER 5788, NHER 5789, NHER 36338, NHER 36339, NHER 36346, NHER 36473, NHER 36726, NHER 36727, NHER 36728, and outlying NHER 11672.
There is an area of more dispersed ring ditches and Prehistoric monuments northwest of RAF Coltishall. These include NHER 12786, NHER 31742, NHER 36471, and NHER 36750 as well as a possible Neolithic causewayed enclosure (NHER 7690).
H. Hamilton (NLA), 20 November 2008.

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2721P; TG 2821AA-AB.

Related records - none

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