NHER 16540 (Monument record) - Cropmark of ring ditch

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Summary

A ring ditch, possibly dating to the Bronze Age, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. Documentary evidence shows a mill mound at this location.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF60NW
Civil Parish WIMBOTSHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Ordnance Survey air photograph.
Cropmarks of ring ditch approximately 20m diameter.
There is evidence of an opposing causewayed entrance.
J. Bown (NAU) 5 September 1980.

See 6 inch and 1:2500 overlays; County Series map 57/14.

William Hayward's map of 1626 (NRO Hare Additional 6812/1, 2) shows a mill mound at this grid reference. Accompanying field book (NRO 4385 213 x 5) shows this to have lain at the west end or parcel no. 144 in precinct 16, an open field furlong known as Sallow alias Milhilfurlonge. The land was customary and held of the manor of Stowe.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 26 February 2008.

  • --- Map: Hayward, W.. 1626. William Hayward's map. Map.
  • --- Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF6205/A-B; 07-JUL-1992 (HES 308/GLE 9-10).
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1970. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Ordnance Survey Vertical Collection. 76125/438, 440, 491; 01-JUL-1976.

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Mar 25 2025 2:06PM

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