Record Details
| NHER Number: | 42041 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark of a ring ditch |
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Summary
A cropmark of an incomplete ring ditch, possibly relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs. It is situated on a southeast-facing slope at 7m OD overlooking the Pickerill Holme stream.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 49416 11930 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG41SE |
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| Parish: | MAUTBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of an incomplete ring ditch, possibly relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1). This cropmark is located at TG 4941 1193. The ring ditch is slightly sub-circular in plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 23m. It is approximately two thirds complete with only its northern side not visible as a cropmark. It is possible that this ring ditch relates to a Bronze Age round barrow. The cropmark is situated on a southeast-facing slope at 7m OD overlooking the Pickerill Holme stream.
J. Albone (NMP), 11 October 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: Ordnance Survey. 1981. OS/81029 048-9 22-JUN-1981. |
Related records - none
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