NHER 11878 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of two double ring ditches
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG21NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HOVETON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Ring ditch.
On RAF/OS air photographs.
A. Lawson (NAU).
Plotted from NAU air photographs, cropmark complex consists of two double concentric ring ditches and miscellaneous linear cropmarks.
J. E. Bown (NAU), 12 November 1980.
28 June 1996. NLA air photography.
Concentric ring ditches still visible.
Additional large circular enclosure visible at TG 2985 1993, bisected by a field boundary.
A curvilinear feature is also visible to the western edge of the site.
S. Massey (NLA), 9 October 2001.
December 2006. Norfolk NMP
Cropmarks of two double ring ditches are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S11). These central grid reference for these cropmarks has been amended from TG 2980 1990 to TG 3000 1982. The large circular enclosure and curvilinear feature referred to above are now recorded separately as NHER 49176-7.
The first of the two double ring ditches is centred on TG 2996 1986. The outer ditch is 2.5m wide and sub-circular in plan with an external diameter of 41m. The inner ditch, which is 3m wide, also has a sub-circular plan and a 28m diameter. The second double ring ditch is also sub-circular in plan and lies 110m to the southeast at TG 3004 1978. The outer ditch measures up to 3.5m wide and has an external diameter of 38m. The inner ditch, which is up to 4m wide, has a diameter of 23m. This ring ditch cropmark is cut by a gas pipeline on most of the available aerial photographs.
It is likely that both of these ring ditches are of Bronze Age date and that they relate to round barrows. They are located on an area of relatively flat ground at approximately 11m OD. These two ring ditches are positioned 90m to the southeast of a large circular enclosure or ring ditch cropmark (NHER 49176). Together these three monuments appear to lie on the same northwest to southeast axis. Both of the ring ditches are crossed by north to south aligned linear ditch cropmarks which are possibly medieval field boundaries (NHER 49183).
J. Albone (NMP), 07 December 2006
Associated Sources (13)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 31 NW 8.
- <S1> SNF66221 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TG 3019F-H (NLA 45/AHY6-8) 19-JUL-1977.
- <S10> SNF66213 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1976. MAL 76053 102 29-JUN-1976 (NMR).
- <S11> SNF66228 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1990. OS/90224 255-6 31-JUL-1990.
- <S2> SNF10901 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TG 3019A-E (NLA 52/AKH4-8) 30-JUL-1977.
- <S3> SNF50687 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1986. NHER TG 2919A-F (NLA 180/DBU4-9) 17-JUL-1986.
- <S4> SNF66222 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1986. NHER TG 2919H (NLA 180/DBU11) 17-JUL-1986.
- <S5> SNF66223 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1986. NHER TG 2919L (NLA 180/DBU14) 17-JUL-1986.
- <S6> SNF66224 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1990. NHER TG 2919M-P (NLA 267/GBN8-10) 28-JUL-1990.
- <S7> SNF66225 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. NHER TG 2919AF-AG (NLA 365/HXP8-9) 28-JUN-1996.
- <S8> SNF66226 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. SMR TG 2919AK (NLA 365/HXP12) 28-JUN-1996.
- <S9> SNF66227 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 5073 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TG 3019A).
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Record last edited
Jun 20 2016 12:01PM