NHER 12296 (Monument record) - Earthworks of unidentified circular banks, cropmark of possible oval enclosure
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG01NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SWANTON MORLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1972. Ordnance Survey aerial photograph.
Cropmarks of five ring ditches, large, ranging in diameter from around 30m to around 70m. To east a curving line, perhaps part of oval enclosure.
Photograph seen by A. Gregory (NAU) February 1977. [1].
Ordnance Survey Inspectors say these in fact are upstanding circular banks of unknown function.
Not a searchlight station according to farmer - May 1977.
1981. NAU aerial photograph.
Shows only one large negative cropmark indicating possible circular bank, cut by a ditch.
A. Lawson (NAU) however has visited the field and says the others do survive as Ordance Survey state.
S. Norton (NAU), 23 April 1982 and E. Rose, 10 May 1982.
See photocopy in file by OS.
OS Records.
R. J. Rickett, 11 August 1990.
February 2003.
Earthworks survive as described above in very wet pasture. Many clumps of 'reedy' grass. Grazed by cattle in summer months.
H. Paterson (A&E), 12 February 2003.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF10724 Aerial Photograph: OS AP 72 160 055. NAU TG0316 B,C,K-N,Z-AC.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 01 NW 22 [4].
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
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Record last edited
Feb 28 2022 8:50AM