NHER 16734 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmark of ring ditch of probable Bronze Age date

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Summary

A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs. The ring ditch is slightly sub-circular in plan with a 2m wide ditch and an external diameter of 20m. It is situated on the edge of a small valley at 14m OD. Two more ring ditch cropmarks are located 590m and 820m further to the west along the valley (NHER 16735-6).

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG31SW
Civil Parish WOODBASTWICK, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

17 July 1979. NAU aerial photographs.
Cropmark of ring ditch, approximately 20m diameter.
J. Bown (NAU) 12 November 1980.

October 2006. Norfolk NMP
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1). This cropmark is located at TG 3291 1381. The ring ditch is slightly sub-circular in plan with a 2m wide ditch and an external diameter of 20m. It is likely that it is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. It is situated on the edge of a small valley at 14m OD. Two more ring ditch cropmarks are located 590m and 820m further to the west along the valley (NHER 16735-6).
J. Albone (NMP) 12 October 2006

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1979. NHER TG 3213D (NLA 73/AMT4) 17-JUL-1979.

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Record last edited

Apr 9 2018 12:12PM

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