NHER 45094 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of possible ring ditch of unknown date

October 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A possible ring ditch is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 1946 (S1), centred at TG 4128 1900. A mark may also be visible at this location on aerial photographs from 1963 (S2). If the cropmark represents a genuine archaeological ring ditch, a number of different interpretations are possible. Although rather small and low-lying, it might, for example, represent the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow. Alternatively, it could mark the site of a round house, although it is rather isolated and not obviously associated with the multi-period field boundaries and trackways that surround it (part of NHER 45072). Perhaps a more plausible interpretation is that it surrounded a Roman or post-Roman stack stand. At the same time, the possibility that it is merely a product of recent agricultural activity cannot be discounted.

The ring ditch is roughly circular in plan and measures approximately 10.5m in diameter.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 11 October 2006.