NHER 7974 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of a possible Bronze Age ring ditch
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM17NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SCOLE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1973. Ring ditch on Ordnance Survey Aerial Photography: also reported by J. J. Wymer. No trace in beet field.
See (S1).
A. J. Lawson (NAU), 16 December 1975.
Grid ref corrected from overlay 1984.
E. Rose (NAU).
November 2025. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
The cropmarks of the Bronze Age ring ditch are visible on Google Earth imagery form 2019 (S2) and Bing Imagery (S3). The ring ditch appears to consist of two concentric ring ditches on S3
.J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 27 November 2025
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Scole.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF10779 Aerial Photograph: OS AP 73.356.269, Unit TM1779A-D.
- <S2> SNF86192 Vertical Aerial Photograph: DigitalGlobe. unknown. Bing Maps Aerial View Orthophotographs. http://www.bing.com/maps (Aerial Option). Accessed 27-NOV-2025.
- <S3> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 23-AUG-2019 Accessed 27-NOV-2025.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
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Record last edited
Nov 27 2025 2:23PM