NHER 2341 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmark of ring ditch or pit

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Summary

A cropmark, visible on aerial photographs, has been interpreted as a Bronze Age ring ditch or a pit of unknown date.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF72SE
Civil Parish GREAT MASSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Whitaker claims to have observed on an aerial photograph in 1959 a barrow about here.
Information from Norwich Castle Museum.
This area is covered in impenetrable scrub and bushes which could easily hide a tank, let alone a barrow, but it is in an appropriate place on the crest of a ridge.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU) 28 August 1975.

This feature shows as a white irregular ring on (S1).
It could be a ring ditch but equally well could be an old flint pit.
E. Rose (NAU)

Yes it is a pit.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 1979.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: TF7920A, CUC, BHR2.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Massingham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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Record last edited

Mar 6 2019 12:55PM

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