NHER 18088 (Monument record) - Undated ditch in Merton Wood

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Summary

An undated ditch survives as earthworks. It is probably a woodland boundary or a feature marking the edge of Merton Park (NHER 30516).

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL99NW
Civil Parish MERTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

On highest point of wood.
Ditch. V-shaped, overgrown and exact limits not ascertained. Not a natural feature or watercourse. Curving.
[1] believes it to be part of an ancient fortification, but it has no bank and there is no other evidence. Probably some sort of wood or park boundary or feature.
There are oaks here many centuries old.
For the other 'fortifications', see NHER 18087 - hollow way.
Remainder are glacial formations.
E. Rose (NAU), 30 April 1982.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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Record last edited

Apr 16 2021 11:11AM

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