Monument record LUD 040 - Cropmarks of a possible ring ditch

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Summary

The cropmark of an incomplete ring ditch, potentially representing the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on aerial photographs and is located within an area of multi-period fields and enclosures (SOL 008). See LUD 015 and LUD 039, LUD 041 for other nearby ring ditches. Although it is worth noting that some smaller ring ditches to north (LUD 043) have tentatively recorded as being the remains of later prehistoric to Roman roundhouses.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 5130 9907 (23m by 22m)
Map sheet TM59NW
Civil Parish LOUND, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

October 2013. Lothingland, Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Mapping Programme.
The cropmark of an incomplete ring ditch, potentially representing the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2) and is located within an area of multi-period fields and enclosures (SOL 008). The ring ditch is centred on TM 5130 9907 and is 17m in diameter. See LUD 015 and LUD 039, LUD 041 for other nearby ring ditches. Although it is worth noting that some smaller ring ditches to north (LUD 043) have tentatively recorded as being the remains of later prehistoric to Roman roundhouses.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 25th October 2013.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Oblique Aerial Photograph. NHER TM 5199K (NLA 31/AFQ23) 08-JUL-1976.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical Aerial Photograph. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 02-JUL-2006 ACCESSED 23-AUG-2013.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jun 9 2023 3:49PM

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