Monument record BLN 029 - Cropmarks of a oval or sub-rectangular enclosure

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Summary

The cropmarks of an oval ring ditch or sub-rectangular enclosure, potentially representing the remains of a Neolithic oval barrow and/or mortuary enclosure or a Bronze Age barrow, are visible on aerial photographs.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 5198 9718 (33m by 28m)
Map sheet TM59NW
Civil Parish BLUNDESTON, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (6)

Full Description

Ring ditch cropmark (S1).

January 2014. Lothingland, Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Mapping Programme.
The cropmarks of an oval ring ditch or sub-rectangular enclosure, potentially representing the remains of a Neolithic oval barrow and/or mortuary enclosure or a Bronze Age barrow, are visible on aerial photographs (S2). The oval enclosure is centred on TM 5198 9718 and is relatively broad ditched and measures 26.5m by 21m.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 2nd January 2014.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Photograph: Air Photographs. NAU, TM 518 970, HXW 1, 2 July 1996.
  • <S2> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Oblique Aerial Photograph. Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service NAU HXT9-10, HXV16-17, HXW1-2 02-JUN-1996.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Record last edited

Sep 24 2014 1:46PM

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