NHER 35499 (Monument record) - Cropmarks of circular features

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Summary

A group of small circular features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features may date to the Roman period, and it has been suggested that the circles may have been caused by haystacks.

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Location

Map sheet TL59NW
Civil Parish WELNEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1 July 1976. Ordnance Survey Air photography.
Positive cropmarks.
23 x circular enclosures. 'Riley' Circles.
See file.
D. Voisey (NLA), 22 February 1995.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: OS 76-126-297.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: OS 76-126-298.
  • --- Article in Serial: Riley, D.N.. 1946. Groups of circles in the silt fens.. Antiquity. Vol XX, pp 150-153.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.

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Record last edited

Jan 26 2012 6:04PM

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