NHER 7974 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of a possible Bronze Age ring ditch

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Summary

A ring ditch is visible on Ordnance Survey Aerial Photography from 1973, although there was no sign of this at ground level at the time.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM17NE
Civil Parish SCOLE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

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

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Scole.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Aerial Photograph: OS AP 73.356.269, Unit TM1779A-D.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: DigitalGlobe. unknown. Bing Maps Aerial View Orthophotographs. http://www.bing.com/maps (Aerial Option). Accessed 27-NOV-2025.
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 23-AUG-2019 Accessed 27-NOV-2025.

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Record last edited

Nov 27 2025 2:23PM

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