NHER 54506 (Monument record) - Possible ring ditch and curvilinear cropmarks

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Summary

A possible ring ditch and curvilinear ditch features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs on land to the north and south of Sugarhill Covert, Croxton. It is, however, quite likely to be a peri-glacial geological feature, or a post medieval pit, and should be viewed with caution.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL88NE
Civil Parish CROXTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

October 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A possible ring ditch and curvilinear ditch features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs on land to the north and south of Sugarhill Covert, Croxton.
The possible ring ditch is centred on TL 8624 8719. It is roughly circular, and measures approximately 34m in external diameter, 25m in internal diameter. It appears to exhibit two internal ditch features, each measuring approximately 20m in length by up to 6m in width. It may represent a former Bronze Age burial mound, although it is also possible that it represents a post medieval extraction pit, which is not depicted on the historic maps of the area.
There are a great many geological cropmarks visible in the area, but at least two of these were felt to be possibly archaeological, and have been mapped in the field to the approximately 300m to the north of the possible ring ditch. They are, however, quite likely to be peri-glacial geological features, and should be viewed with caution.
E. Bales (NMP), 18 Oct 2010.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1950. RAF 541/512 4056 10-MAY-1950 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1968. RAF 58/8860 0154-5 02-JUL-1968 (NMR).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1970. RAF 58/0475 0010-11 05-MAY-1970 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Jul 30 2014 5:02PM

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