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Ring ditches and enclosures W of The Hills

England
List entry 1003925
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003925
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.78 hectares
Grid reference
TF 95345 29480
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ring ditches and enclosures west of The Hills is a Neolithic and Bronze Age monument complex located in Norfolk. The site comprises a series of circular and rectilinear ditched enclosures, typical of settlement and ceremonial activity spanning the Neolithic period through to the Bronze Age. Such ring ditches are archaeologically significant as they represent domestic occupation, ritual practices, or burial sites characteristic of prehistoric communities in East Anglia. The monument survives as earthwork remains and subsurface archaeological deposits that contribute to understanding the patterns of human settlement and land use in Norfolk during the third and second millennia before the present era.

Ring ditches and enclosures W of The Hills is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003925. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Ring ditches and enclosures W of The Hills?

Ring ditches and enclosures west of The Hills is a Neolithic and Bronze Age monument complex located in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003925.

Who is responsible for protecting Ring ditches and enclosures W of The Hills?

Ring ditches and enclosures W of The Hills 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 1003925.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ring ditches and enclosures W of The Hills?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deserted village (site of) (3.4 km), Remains of St Stephen's Priory (3.7 km), Moated site 530m north east of Manor Farm (4.1 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Deserted village (site of)
3.4 km
Remains of St Stephen's Priory
3.7 km
Moated site 530m north east of Manor Farm
4.1 km
Earthworks N of Gateley Hall
5.4 km
Cross in All Saints' churchyard, Toftrees
5.8 km
Earthworks 500yds (450m) E of church
6.3 km
Animal pound at junction of Greatheath Road and Holt Road
8.1 km
Episcopal chapel and fortified manor house on site of Anglo-Saxon cathedral
8.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ring ditches and enclosures W of The Hills

Ring ditches and enclosures W of The Hills stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Ring ditches and enclosures W of The Hills

Caistor St EdmundsRoman town · ~23.5 miles
Domesday entry for Pensthorpe, Norfolk →
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