NHER 32252 (Monument record) - Possible Bronze Age ring ditch

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Summary

An undated ring ditch can be seen as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The ditch most likely relates to a natural feature or the product of agricultural processes. The possible ring ditch has previously been suggested to possibly relate to a Bronze Age ring ditch however this is unlikely.

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Map sheet	TL79SE
Civil Parish	METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1946. RAF air photography.
Faint circular cropmark behind Middle Warren Farm. Approximately 30m diameter. Possible ring ditch.
K. Sussams (SAU), 2 November 1995.

April 2019. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
An undated ring ditch can be seen as a cropmark on aerial photographs (S1). The possible ring ditch most likely relates to a natural feature or the product of agricultural processes. The ditch has previously been suggested (see above) to possibly relate to a Bronze Age ring ditch however this is unlikely.
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 10th April 2019.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF13149 Aerial Photograph: TL 79/TL 7494/A.
<S1> SNF94127 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/106G/UK/1634 V 5337-5338 09-JUL-1946 (HEA Original Print).

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Record last edited

Mar 11 2021 7:49AM