Record Details
| NHER Number: | 27607 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark of ring ditch |
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Summary
A cropmark of a ring ditch, possible a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs. The ring ditch is complete and sub-circular in plan. It has a 16m external diameter and a narrow ditch. This ring ditch is likely to be of Bronze Age date and it may relate to a round barrow. It is located on a gentle north-facing slope at approximately 12m OD. Surrounding this ring ditch is an extensive cropmark complex that includes a possible Bronze Age field system (NHER 12828). Other ring ditch cropmarks of possible Bronze Age date are located to the southwest (NHER 27605), south (NHER 27606) and northeast (NHER 27611).
Images - none
Location
Full description
September 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch, possible a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1). This cropmark is located at TG 5047 1412. The ring ditch is complete and sub-circular in plan. It has a 16m external diameter and a narrow ditch. This ring ditch is likely to be of Bronze Age date and it may relate to a round barrow. It is located on a gentle north-facing slope at approximately 12m OD. Surrounding this ring ditch is an extensive cropmark complex that includes a possible Bronze Age field system (NHER 12828). Other ring ditch cropmarks of possible Bronze Age date are located to the southwest (NHER 27605), south (NHER 27606) and northeast (NHER 27611).
J. Albone (NMP), 2 September 2005
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
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Jeavons, A.. 1996. NHER TG 5014K-L (JEAVONS -/KRD11-12) 02-JUL-1996. |
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