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Crop Marks of five Ring Ditches west of Station Road, Ashwell is a Bronze Age monument complex comprising five distinct circular ditched enclosures visible primarily through archaeological cropmark evidence. The ring ditches are characteristic of Bronze Age burial monuments, typically dating to the second millennium BC, and represent either barrows or ceremonial enclosures from this period. Located in Hertfordshire, the site is documented through aerial survey evidence, which has proven instrumental in identifying and mapping these subsurface features where they do not produce surface relief. The monument demonstrates the pattern of Bronze Age settlement and funerary activity across the Ashwell landscape during the Early to Middle Bronze Age.
Crop Marks of five Ring Ditches west of Station Road, Ashwell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1451703. View the official record →
Crop Marks of five Ring Ditches west of Station Road, Ashwell is a Bronze Age monument complex comprising five distinct circular ditched enclosures visible primarily through archaeological cropmark evidence. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1451703.
Crop Marks of five Ring Ditches west of Station Road, Ashwell is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1451703.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows at Bygrave, 650m east of Park Wood (3.5 km), Radwell Roman villa (5.8 km), Barrow, south of Radwell (6 km).
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