NHER 8427 (Monument record) - Undated ring ditches

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Summary

Several ring ditches were seen from the air near Wroxham station in 1935. Photographs were taken, but these were destroyed in World War Two. No sign of the ring ditches remains today, but a sandy patch may the remains of a ploughed out barrow.

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Location

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Civil Parish HOVETON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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July 1935. 'Near Wroxham Station'.
Several circles seen from air by [1]. Double and single circle in one field. Another single circle about 800m (1/2 mile) away. Photographs taken but destroyed by enemy action in 1940.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

No sign of mound but sandy patch about 15m in diameter at 302 185 may be the remains of a of ploughed barrow.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), 7 January 1976.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Hoveton.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 31 NW 5.

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Record last edited

Jun 20 2016 11:53AM

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