Record Details

NHER Number:6095
Type of record:Cropmark and Earthwork
Name:Linear cropmark and possible Bronze Age ring ditches

Summary

A linear cropmark and three possible Bronze Age ring ditches can be seen on aerial photographs of this area.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 211 252
Map Sheet:TG22NW
Parish:AYLSHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Linear cropmarks 1.5km northwest of Roman town.
1st photo by RAF TF 2125/A-E (incl) + X-W 1976.
Also a ring ditch. (S1).
E. Rose (NAU).

17 July 1986.
Recorded on NAU air photography.

26 June 1996. NLA air photography.
Linear can be seen to continue to both east and west of previously recorded extent.
Two additional ring ditches are clearly visible, one at TG 2129 2534, and another at TG 2094 2525.
S. Massey (NLA), 30 August 2001.

Monument Types

  • LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
  • RING DITCH (Unknown date)
  • RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: TF2125A-E, X, W-.
---Aerial Photograph: TG2125 P-U.
---Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2125Y - AB.
---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 22 NW 11.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Monograph: 1977. East Anglian Archaeology. East Anglian Archaeology. Vol V.

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