NHER 12821 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible Bronze Age ring ditch and undated features
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG23SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ANTINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | NORTH WALSHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1976.
Cropmarks of enclosures and ring ditch.
Greatly extended to west, impinging into Antingham parish, by many enclosure cropmarks; some are of recently removed field boundaries but others are small enclosures, linear marks etc of earlier date.
E. Rose (NAU), 15 August 1983.
1990.
Area of cropmarks in Antingham parish even more extended: rectangles and trackways.
D. Edwards (NAU), 17 December 1990.
Date unknown. British Gas air photography.
Cropmarks. Linear features/trackway and enclosures.
D. Edwards (NLA), 30 November 1994.
15 July 1996. NLA air photography.
Site extended to south to include ring ditch, and further enclosures and linears.
S. Massey (NLA), 18 October 2001.
19 July 1996. NLA air photography.
NGR amended from TG2660 3165.
Two relatively small enclosures and linear cropmarks to the south of the A149.
The linear features are likely to be field boundaries.
The innermost enclosure appears to be sub-rounded or D-shaped with two possible breaks or 'entrances' in the ditch.
To the south is a possible angled segment of ditch or a partially preserved square enclosure (not very distinct).
M. Brennand (NLA), 22 August 2001.
November 2002 - January 2003. Geophysical, metal detecting and fieldwalking survey. Bacton to King's Lynn pipeline plot 38 and 36.
The geophysical survey detected a linear anomalies that probably represent former field boundaries and could be associated with boundaries shown on the 1838 tithe map and 1885 ordnance survey map. Fieldwalking recovered a flint blade, seven flint flakes, Roman pottery, medieval and post-medieval pottery, six pieces of post-medieval bottle glass, medieval and post-medieval ceramic building material. The metal detecting survey found 10 metal objects including a post-medieval copper alloy bar.
See (S1).
S. Howard (NLA), 11 February 2010.
10 September 2006.
Google Earth shows a small ring ditch and cropmarks all around this area.
See (S2).
D. Lefeuvre (NLA), 20 September 2010.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF50789 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2630P - R.
- --- SNF49580 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2631L - N.
- --- SNF50710 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2631P - R.
- --- SNF12895 Aerial Photograph: TG2531 A-G; TG2631 A-K; TG 2531/H-P.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF65232 Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 2002. Bacton to Kings Lynn Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment. Network Archaeology. 179.
- <S1> SNF65233 Unpublished Contractor Report: [Unknown]. 2003. Bacton to Kings Lynn Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Field Reconnaissance, Fieldwalking, Metal Detecting and Geophysical Survey. Network Archaeology. 184.
- <S2> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 10-SEPT-2006 Accessed 20-SEP-2010.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (11)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- D SHAPED ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Unknown date)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- SQUARE ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- TRACKWAY (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Object Types (9)
- BLADE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BUILDING MATERIAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BOTTLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUILDING MATERIAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Dec 30 2025 5:19PM