NHER 36387 (Monument record) - Site of ring ditch and linear features

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Summary

This is the site of at least one ring ditch, probably dating to the Bronze Age, and linear features of unknown date, which are visible as cropmark on aerial photographs.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF90NE
Civil Parish CRANWORTH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

26 June 1996. NLA air photography.
Cropmarks of two ring ditches visible, possibly relating to Bronze Age barrows.
To the north of these are two broad linear features.
There is a possiblity that these are geological in origin, as the whole are shows signs of differential bands of material.
However the linearity of the features favours an anthropological origin, function/date unknown.
S. Massey (NLA), 23 August 2001.

1 July 1996. NLA air photography.
Single ring ditch visible.
M. Brennand (NLA), 14 September 2001.

March 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
The cropmarks of a ring ditch are visible on Google Earth imagery form 2006. The ring ditch is centred at approximately TF 9680 0591. The feature likely relates to the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, however the possibility that the feature could relate to a post medieval garden or parkland feature associated with Letton Hall Park (NHER 30515), cannot be ruled out.
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 20 March 2026

  • <S1> Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TF 9605U - W.
  • <S2> Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TF 9605A - C; TF 9606A.
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 20-MAR-2026.

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Record last edited

Mar 20 2026 4:12PM

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