Monument record STT 022 - Site of possible ring ditch of probable Bronze Age date

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Summary

A possible ring ditch, which could represent the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. A second possible ring ditch, larger, and with multiple rings, is visible 75m to the southeast.

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Grid reference Centred TM 3263 4381 (19m by 21m)
Map sheet TM34SW
Civil Parish SHOTTISHAM, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Possible single ring ditch, circa 20m diameter, or glacial feature (S1).

February 2016. Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme.
The possible ring ditch described above, which could mark the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (S2). NMP mapping has led to the alteration of the central grid reference of the site from TM 3263 4380 to TM 3188 4433. The archaeological origin of the ring ditch is not entirely certain; it could instead be of geological or recent agricultural origin.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 16th February 2016.

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  • <S1> (No record type): RAF, APs 1953, 58/1033 nos 021 & 022.
  • <M1> (No record type): APs: RAF 58/1033 nos 021 & 022.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/58/1033 V 0021-0022 23-FEB-1953 (EHA Original Print).

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Apr 22 2016 11:29AM

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