NHER 45115 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of Bronze Age ring ditch

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Summary

The cropmark of a possible Bronze Age ring ditch is visible on aerial photographs of this area taken in 1990. It is sub-circular to sub-oval in plan and might suggest that a round barrow once stood here.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG31SW
Civil Parish SALHOUSE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

October 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a possible Bronze Age ring ditch is visible on aerial photographs (S1). This cropmark is centred on TG 3031 1327. The ring ditch is sub-circular to sub-oval in plan with a 2m wide ditch and a maximum external diameter of 23m. It is possible that it is of Bronze Age and could relate to a round barrow. It is situated on a gentle northeast-facing slope at 24m OD. A second ring ditch cropmark is located 390m to the northeast (NHER 45116).
J. Albone (NMP) 09 October 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1990. OS/90224 96-7 31-JUL-1990.

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Aug 12 2025 10:30AM

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