Monument record BLN 031 - Cropmarks of a ring ditch, potentially a Neolithic or Bronze Age round barrow

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Summary

The cropmarks of a ring ditch, potentially representing the remains of a Neolithic or Bronze Age barrow, are visible on aerial photographs. Three pit-like features are clearly visible within the central area and could feasibly relate to burials. The eastern side of the ring ditch appears to have been incorporated into a ditch or conversely may have been built against an existing boundary. See BLN 028 for an adjacent located ring ditch. Neolithic finds have been located in close proximity (BLN 006).

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 5179 9696 (26m by 37m)
Map sheet	TM59NW
Civil Parish	BLUNDESTON, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Ring ditch cropmark (S1).

January 2014. Lothingland, Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Mapping Programme.
The cropmarks of a ring ditch, potentially representing the remains of a Neolithic or Bronze Age barrow, are visible on aerial photographs (S2). The ring ditch is centred on TM 5179 9696 and is broad ditched and measuring 19m in diameter. Three pit-like features are clearly visible within the central area and could feasibly relate to burials. The eastern side of the ring ditch appears to have been incorporated into a ditch or conversely may have been built against an existing boundary. See BLN 028 for an adjacent located ring ditch. Neolithic finds have been located in close proximity (BLN 006).
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 2nd January 2014.

Sources/Archives (2)

<S1> SSF50106 Photograph: Air Photographs. NAU, TM 518 970, HXW 1, 2 July 1996.
<S2> SSX55041 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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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Interpretation: TM59NW. Lothingland Study Area. NMP National Mapping Programme Project for Lothingland, Greater Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths (Ref: English Heritage Project No. 6642) (ESX22032)

Record last edited

Apr 24 2018 4:05PM