Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12827 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark of a probable Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs. The ring ditch is sub-circular in plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 35m. It is situated at a height of 15m OD on the northwest-facing side of a small valley containing the Witton Run watercourse. Two more ring ditch cropmarks are located 210m and 325m to the northeast, numbers NHER 45129 and NHER 45130.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3105 1000 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG31SW |
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| Parish: | POSTWICK WITH WITTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Ring ditch cropmark.
Located by E. Rose (NAU), 14 September 1977.
Siting corrected by J.E. Bown (NAU), 12 November 1980.
October 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S3). The grid reference for this cropmark has been amended from TG 3101 0998 to TG 3106 1000. The ring ditch is sub-circular in plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 35m. It is likely that it is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. It is situated 15m OD on the northwest facing side of a small valley containing the Witton Run watercourse. Two more ring ditch cropmarks are located 210m and 325m to the northeast, numbered NHER 45129 and NHER 45130.
J. Albone (NMP), 10 October 2006
Monument Types
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1976. NHER TG 3010A-B (NLA 31/AFT21-2) 08-JUL-1976. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1976. MAL 76045 89-90 22-JUN-1976 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1990. OS/90224 56-7 31-JUL-1990. |
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