NHER 43418 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmark of a ring ditch
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF73NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SEDGEFORD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch of possible Bronze Age date is visible on aerial photographs (S1). This cropmark is centred on TF 7125 3823. The ring ditch is sub-circular in plan with a 2.5m wide ditch and an external diameter of 26m. Internally, there is a sub-circular positive cropmark of a pit or hollow with a 12m diameter. The area between the ring ditch and the central pit appears as a negative cropmark, apparently indicating a circular bank. It is possible that this ring ditch is of Bronze Age date and that it represents a round barrow. The presence of the central pit or hollow is unusual, but can be paralleled in a ring ditch cropmark 2.85km to the south (NHER 1622). This ring ditch is located on a south facing slope at approximately 47m OD.
J. Albone (NMP), 17 March 2006.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF62173 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/84 5165-6 26-APR-1946 (NMR).
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Record last edited
May 13 2014 5:15PM