NHER 15400 (Monument record) - Probable Bronze Age ring ditch

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Summary

A ring ditch with a central pit is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. These are probably the remains of a Bronze Age barrow.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF81NE
Civil Parish LITCHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Cropmark of ring ditch with central spot.
E. Rose (NAU), 2 November 1979.

July 2002. Desk-based assessment.
A cropmark measuring c. 35m in diameter is interpreted as a Bronze Age ring ditch with central spot.
See (S1).
S. Howard (NLA), 1 March 2010.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. OS AP 76 019 009.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 2002. Bacton to Kings Lynn Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment. Network Archaeology. 179.

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Record last edited

Mar 20 2026 11:06AM

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