NHER 11686 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of post medieval ring ditch

Pre 1980, 10 July 1974, 20 June 1974, 21 July 1975.
Ordnance Survey air photograph and NAU air photography.
Cropmark of ring ditch approximately 20m diameter, with central spot.
J.E. Bown (NAU),, 1 October 1980.

21 July 1974. Ordnance Survey air photography.
Positive cropmarks.
Ring ditch.
Ring ditch and central mark.
D. Voisey (NLA), 17 March 1995.

Note the unusual position on marshes, surrounded by marks of channels etc.
See 6" and 1:2500 overlays.
E. Rose (NAU), 2 October 1980.

May 2020. National Mapping Programme (NMP) Data Clean-Up.
The undated ring ditch described above was mapped as part of the Norfolk Coastal NMP Pilot project, undertaken by Suffolk County Council, but no record was added to the NHER. The specific photographs it was mapped from are not known, but a circular earthwork is visible at this location on mid-1940s aerial photographs viewable online (S1). It was mapped with an internal bank, and was suggested to be a possible stack stand or marsh refuge. It appears to be depicted on 19th century historical maps, including the Tithe map (S2) and the Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch map (S3). As described above, the site is visible as a cropmark on more recent aerial photographs and has presumably been levelled.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk County Council, Historic Environment Service), 26 May 2020.