Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17481 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of a possible Bronze Age ring ditch |
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Summary
A cropmark of a ring ditch, possibly relating to a round barrow of Bronze Age date, is visible on aerial photographs. The ring ditch has a slightly sub-circular plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 12m. It is located on a gentle west facing slope at approximately 24m OD. Cropmarks of two other ring ditches of probable round barrows are present 130m and 280m to the west (NHER 17482,44986).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 3794 9351 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM39SE |
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| Parish: | KIRBY CANE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
2 August 1977. NAU air photography.
Cropmarks. Cropmark of one ring ditch.
D. Edwards (NAU), 16 March 1981.
August 2006. Norfolk NMP
A cropmark of a ring ditch, possibly relating to a round barrow of Bronze Age date, is visible on aerial photographs (S1). The central grid reference for this cropmark has been amended from TM 3791 9349 to TM 3794 9351. The ring ditch has a slightly sub-circular plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 12m. 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 gentle west facing slope at approximately 24m OD. Cropmarks of two other ring ditches of probable round barrows are present 130m and 280m to the west (NHER 17482, 44986).
J. Albone (NMP), 17 August 2006
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
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TM 3793A (NLA 56/ALE27) 02-AUG-1977. |
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