Record Details
| NHER Number: | 42048 |
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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 a ring ditch, possibly relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs. It is located on a broad ridge at approximately 13m OD within a group of at least six ring ditches. The closest of these is located 140m to the northeast (NHER 18341). It lies at the southwest end of a linear alignment formed by that ring ditch and a further one 420m to the northeast (NHER 42049).
Images - none
Location
Full description
October 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch, possibly relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). This cropmarks is located at TG 4884 1459. The ring ditch is sub-circular in plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 16m. It is likely that this ring ditch is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. It is located on a broad ridge at approximately 13m OD within a group of at least six ring ditches. The closest of these is located 140m to the northeast (NHER 18341). It lies at the southwest end of a linear alignment formed by that ring ditch and a further one 420m to the northeast (NHER 42049).
J. Albone (NMP), 12 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> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1976. CUCAP BYJ25 29-JUN-1976. |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1976. CUCAP BYJ27 29-JUN-1976. |
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