NHER 12778 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Ring ditch

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Summary

A cropmark of a ring ditch, possibly a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG33SW
Civil Parish BACTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Cropmark of ring ditch.
Located E. Rose (NAU) 12 September 1977.

28 June 1996. NLA air photography.
Ring ditch with central pit still visible.
S. Massey (NLA), 28 September 2001.

December 2004. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch, possibly a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1-3). The grid reference of this cropmark has been adjusted from TG 3279 3315 to TG 3279 3313. The ring ditch is slightly sub-circular in plan with an external diameter of 18.5m. The ditch is less than 1m wide giving the ring ditch and internal diameter of 16.5m. A pit, possible a grave, is present just to the north of the centre of the ring ditch. It is possible that this ring ditch is Bronze Age in date and may relate to a round barrow. It may form the southwest end of an alignment of ring ditches (NHER 39120, NHER 39132) extending for 1.3km to the northeast to a barrow cemetery (NHER 6914).
(S1-3)
J. Albone (NMP), 17 December 2004

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 33 SW 43.
  • <S1> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A.. 1976. NHER TG 3233A-B (NLA 28/AFH7-8) 01-JUL-1976.
  • <S2> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A.. 1996. NHER TG 3233H-K (NLA 365/JFG6-8) 28-JUN-1996.
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1976. MAL 76053 118 29-JUN-1976 (NMR).

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Jun 21 2016 9:39AM

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