NHER 11898 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of probable Bronze Age ring ditches

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Summary

Three ring ditches are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They may be the remains of Bronze Age barrows.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF71NE
Civil Parish EAST WALTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Group of ring ditches. Beware possible duplications. The Ordnance Survey and RAF photos need to be compared.

1946. RAF aerial photographs.
Ring ditch.
A. Lawson (NAU).

March 1976.
No sign in field of young cereal.
A. Lawson (NAU), 16 March 1976.

19 April 1976. Ordnance Survey aerial photography.
Positive cropmarks/soilmarks. Ring ditch.
D. Voisey (NLA), 26 January 1995.

15 July 1983. NAU aerial photography.
Sighted but not photographed due to conflicting air traffic.
D. Edwards (NAU), 21 July 1983.

Ordnance Survey aerial photography.
Two ring ditches are visible, having a maximum diameter of about 35.0m.
See (S1).
R. J. Rickett (NAU), 24 April 1990.

January 1946. RAF aerial photography.
Three circular features.
Largest to south is a ring ditch about 30m diameter. Central and northeast ones show as positive soil marks, the central about 15m diameter, the northeast one about 20m diameter.
B. Cushion (NLA), 16 July 1998.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: OS 76-020-131.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: OS 76-020-132.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: OS 76-020-133.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: RAF. RAF OS AP 5190, OS 76 020 132-133; TF 71/TF 7516/B.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.

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Record last edited

Aug 23 2023 4:58PM

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