NHER 49179 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmark of a ring ditch

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Summary

A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs. The ring ditch is circular in plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 23m. It is likely that the ring ditch is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. It is situated on west facing slope at approximately 12m OD. Cropmarks of a double ring ditch are located 120m to the northeast (NHER 36446) and two small ring ditches, one of which is also a double, are present 190m to the southeast (NHER 49178).

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG21NE
Civil Parish	BELAUGH, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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December 2006. Norfolk NMP
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). This cropmark is located at TG 2988 1940. The ring ditch is circular in plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 23m. It is likely that the ring ditch is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. It is situated on west facing slope at approximately 12m OD. Cropmarks of a double ring ditch are located 120m to the northeast (NHER 36446) and two small ring ditches, one of which is also a double, are present 190m to the southeast (NHER 49178).
J. Albone (NMP), 11 December 2006

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF66232 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1990. OS/90224 256 31-JUL-1990.
<S2> SNF66213 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1976. MAL 76053 102 29-JUN-1976 (NMR).