Record Details
| NHER Number: | 27703 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Bronze Age ring ditch |
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Summary
The cropmarks of a possible ring ditch are visible on aerial photographs, in arable land to the west of Waxham Hall. This could be the remains of a Bronze Age barrow, although the archaeological origin of the cropmark is not definite. The ring ditch is located in the centre of two field systems, one of possible Iron Age to Romano-British date, the other post medieval. (NHER 27305 and 27309).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 44318 26015 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG42NW |
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| Parish: | SEA PALLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
September 2005. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of a possible ring ditch are visible on aerial photographs in arable land to the west of Waxham Hall. The site is centred on TG 4431 2601 and consists of an incomplete ring ditch, measuring 12m in diameter. The archaeological origin of this cropmark is not definite and it is possible that it is of agricultural or even geological origin. Other cropmarks of ring ditches have been record a Bronze Age round barrow. The ring ditch is located in the centre of two field systems, one of possible Iron Age to Romano-British date, the other post medieval. (NHER 27305, 27309).
S. Massey (NMP), 30 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 - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1963. RAF 543/2331 (F22) 0021-2 25-JUL-1963 (NMR). |
Related records - none
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