NHER 27607 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmark of ring ditch

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Summary

A cropmark of a ring ditch, possible a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs. The ring ditch is complete and sub-circular in plan. It has a 16m external diameter and a narrow ditch. This ring ditch is likely to be of Bronze Age date and it may relate to a round barrow. It is located on a gentle north-facing slope at approximately 12m OD. Surrounding this ring ditch is an extensive cropmark complex that includes a possible Bronze Age field system (NHER 12828). Other ring ditch cropmarks of possible Bronze Age date are located to the southwest (NHER 27605), south (NHER 27606) and northeast (NHER 27611).

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG51SW
Civil Parish ORMESBY ST MARGARET WITH SCRATBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

September 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch, possible a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1). This cropmark is located at TG 5047 1412. The ring ditch is complete and sub-circular in plan. It has a 16m external diameter and a narrow ditch. This ring ditch is likely to be of Bronze Age date and it may relate to a round barrow. It is located on a gentle north-facing slope at approximately 12m OD. Surrounding this ring ditch is an extensive cropmark complex that includes a possible Bronze Age field system (NHER 12828). Other ring ditch cropmarks of possible Bronze Age date are located to the southwest (NHER 27605), south (NHER 27606) and northeast (NHER 27611).
J. Albone (NMP), 2 September 2005

  • <S1> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Jeavons, A.. 1996. NHER TG 5014K-L (JEAVONS -/KRD11-12) 02-JUL-1996.

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Record last edited

Jun 25 2018 9:26AM

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