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Hertfordshire HER
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| HHER Number: | 17881 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | CROPMARK OF A RING DITCH, S OF WILBURY HILL |
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Summary - not yet available
| Grid Reference: | TL 201 315 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL23SW |
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| Parish: | Letchworth Garden City, North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Monument Types
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- ROUND BARROW? (Late Neolithic to Earlier Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1201 BC)
Associated Events
- Geophysical survey for East Coast Main Line (ECML) Hitchin grade separation, 2008
Protected Status
- SHINE: Cropmarks of probable Bronze Age Barrows and parallell ditches, Hitchin
Full description
Cropmark of a ring ditch measuring 17m across <1>. The central mound is visible as a pale area. It has not been confirmed by a geophysical survey carried out across the area <2, 3>.
<1> Hertfordshire County Council, HCC vertical photomapping, 2010 (Aerial Photograph). SHT8853.
<2> GSB Prospection, 2008, Geophysical survey report: ECML Hitchin Grade Separation, Herts, RNO 1969 (Report). SHT4643.
<3> Bartlett, A D H, 2017, Highover Farm, Hitchin, Hertfordshire: archaeological geophysical survey 2017, RNO 3955 (Report). SHT18232.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Aerial Photograph: Hertfordshire County Council. HCC vertical photomapping, 2010. |
| <2> | Report: GSB Prospection. 2008. Geophysical survey report: ECML Hitchin Grade Separation, Herts. geophysical survey. RNO 1969. |
| <3> | Report: Bartlett, A D H. 2017. Highover Farm, Hitchin, Hertfordshire: archaeological geophysical survey 2017. geophysical survey. RNO 3955. |
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