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Summary

Cropmark of a ring ditch recorded from aerial photographs, with other features to the north west which are probably geological. A small quantity of Roman pottery and several late Neolithic/Bronze Age flints have been found in the vicinity.

Full Description

<1> Hunting Surveys, 1974, Hunting Aerial Photos 1974, 10/2566-2567 (Aerial Photograph). SBD10649.

Ring-ditch. Other marks to NW, possibly geological.

<2> Angela Simco, Comments (Observations and Comments). SBD10509.

Sketch plot from aerial photos

<3> The Bedfordshire Archaeological Council, 1991, Bedfordshire Archaeology, Volume 19, Vol. 19, 1991, p 80 (Article in serial). SBD14103.

Galley Hill, Romano-British, Potsherds: [TL 09 26].
5 fragments of Romano-British coarse pottery, as well as 11 flint flakes, 2 end scrapers and miscellaneous retouched flake of later Neolithic/ Bronze Age date.
LTNMG 1989/6 Found by surface collection in the vicinity of a crop-mark oval enclosures to the East of Galley Hill.

Protected Status:

• Archaeological Notification Area
• Archaeological Notification Area (AI) HER1865: RING DITCH AND OTHER CROPMARKS, Galley Hill
• SHINE: Ring ditch cropmarks at Galley Hill

Monument Type(s):

• RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

• FBD4046 - END SCRAPER (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
• FBD4045 - FLAKE (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
• FBD6898 - SHERD (Roman/Romano-British - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Events: None recorded

Sources and Further Reading

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