NHER 3478 (Monument record) - Site of ring ditch and prehistoric finds

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Summary

A ring ditch, probably dating to the Bronze Age is visible as a soilmark on aerial photographs. Prehistoric pot boilers and flint scrapers were found in 1961.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF72NW
Civil Parish FLITCHAM WITH APPLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1959.
Ring ditch as soilmark in arable field.
Possible barrow.

1961.
[1] noted flint scrapers and potboilers on site.
R. R. Clarke (NCM)

1976.
No sign of barrow in ploughed field.
A. J. Lawson (NAU)

R. R. Clarke's (NCM) marking on (S1) in fact shows two ring ditches one north of the other. The northern one appears on (S2), but southern mark on (S2) is very rough and probably not a ring ditch.
E. Rose (NAU) 9 February 1983.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: St. Joseph: J,K,S, XU 61.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Unit AJ-AL,AW,AX.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Flitchham.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Flitcham with Appleton.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Serial: 1960. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1960. No 7. p 3.
  • <S1> Map: NCM. NCM Record Map.
  • <S2> Aerial Photograph: TF7226 C-D ex AAF.
  • POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 1 2022 11:52AM

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