NHER 35559 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks and possible earthwork of probable Bronze Age ring ditch
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF73NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | RINGSTEAD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
15 March 1972. Ordnance Survey aerial photography.
Positive cropmarks/soilmarks.
Ring ditch.
Probably a combination of positive germination marks and soilmarks.
D. Voisey (NLA) 13 February 1996.
March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). This cropmark is located at TF 7121 3917. The ring ditch is slightly sub-circular in plan with a 3.5m wide ditch and an external diameter of 26m. It is likely that this ring ditch is on Bronze Age date and that it relates to a Bronze Age round barrow. It is located on a gentle northwest facing slope close to the head of a small dry valley. Another Bronze Age ring ditch cropmark is located 870m to the southwest (NHER 12836).
J. Albone (NMP) 08 March 2006.
July 2025. Northwest Norfolk Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AI&M) Project (volunteer strand).
A possible mound is visible as an earthwork on visualised lidar data (S3) at the same location as the cropmark of a probable Bronze Age round barrow described above. The earthwork of the mound is so poorly defined on the visualised lidar data that it may no longer survive.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 16 July 2025.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF48210 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72005 3-4 12-MAR-1972 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF61926 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72169 40-1 16-JUN-1972 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF101413 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF73NW DTM 1m 13-NOV-2018.
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Record last edited
Apr 30 2026 2:38PM