NHER 45085 (Monument record) - Possible ring ditch of unknown date
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG41NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | POTTER HEIGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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September 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A possible ring ditch is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1) and (S2), centred at TG 4326 1963. Its date and function are unknown. It might have been dismissed as part of one or more natural palaeochannels, a number of which are visible in this field, but the fact that it lay centrally within what was a separate enclosure in 1801 (see Potter Heigham Enclosure Map (S3)) suggests that it is of archaeological significance. There is no evidence that it is a particularly early feature; a post medieval date would seem plausible. It could perhaps have surrounded a livestock refuge or a mill, for example. Whether the site still survives as an earthwork is not known.
The ring ditch is roughly circular in plan and measures 62m in diameter. Its northwest side is indistinguishable from an adjacent palaeochannel; the gap in its southern side is uncertain.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 27 September 2006.
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Record last edited
Apr 16 2021 2:19PM