NHER 36473 (Monument record) - Site of ring ditches

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Summary

This is the site of five ring ditches, probably dating to the Bronze Age, which are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG22SE
Civil Parish COLTISHALL, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

28 June 1996. NLA air photography.
Cropmarks of 5 large ring ditches visible.
One located at NGR TG 2752 2141 is double concentric, with a central burial pit.
Several linear features are also visible.
S. Massey (NLA), 14 September 2001.

November 2008. NBIC Northeast Norwich Scoring Project.
This ring ditch is in close proximity to several other ring ditches. This group includes NHER 5788, NHER 5789, NHER 36338, NHER 36339, NHER 36346, NHER 36725, NHER 36726, NHER 36727, NHER 36728, and outlying NHER 11672.
There is an area of more dispersed ring ditches and Prehistoric monuments northwest of RAF Coltishall. These include NHER 12786, NHER 31742, NHER 36471, and NHER 36750 as well as a possible Neolithic causewayed enclosure (NHER 7690).
H. Hamilton (NLA), 20 November 2008.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2721A - F.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2721M - N.

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Record last edited

Jun 23 2017 11:34AM

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