NHER 7446 (Monument record) - Devil's Ditch
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG32NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STALHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1st edition 1in Ordnance Survey 1836 marks here 'Devil's Ditch', a horseshoe-shaped earthwork.
Later Ordnance Survey also mark the site of a 'Roman Camp' nearby (at TG 3470 2513) - later deleted by R. R. Clarke (NCM), no evidence. It curved around the 50ft contour.
No trace now: gravel pits here have cut into scarp of hill, and are themselves overgrown. The isolated 50ft contour ring on map is a gravel knoll, quarried out in centre. Hill commands wide views and may once have been an island.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU) and P. Lawrance (NAU) 14 January 1976.
Cutting in NCM Bolingbroke Collection says the Devil's Ditch was only a ditch with no bank, and questions whether it was ever anything but natural. It says the Roman attribution was given because the knoll was thought to be artificial, but is entirely natural.
E. Rose (NAU).
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Stalham.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 32 NW 15; TG 32 NW 16.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
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Record last edited
Jul 22 2018 9:12AM