NHER 11884 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible Bronze Age ring ditch

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Summary

Cropmarks of a ring ditch are visible on the RAF 1946 aerial photographs. It seems likely that it is of Bronze Age date, but this is not certain.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF74SW
Civil Parish HOLME NEXT THE SEA, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Ring ditch on RAF air photographs.
Information from A. Lawson (NAU).

1976.
No sign in field of young cereal.
A. Lawson (NAU), February 1976.

April 2002. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of a ring ditch are visible on the RAF 1946 aerial photographs (S1) and have been mapped. It seems likely that it is of Bronze Age date, but this is not certain. The ring ditch is centred on NGR TF7210 4264 and has a diameter of about 20m to 25m.
H. Clare (NMP), 29 April 2002.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 3068 07-JUN-1946 (Norfolk SMR TF 7241D).
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 3047 07-JUN-1946 (Norfolk SMR TF 7242A).

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Apr 13 2022 7:47AM

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