Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17675 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of possible Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
A ring ditch, possibly representing the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. Although no finds have been recovered, its general character and its topographic position, close to a probable palaeochannel (also visible as a cropmark), fit this interpretation of the site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 3986 9760 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM39NE |
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| Parish: | RAVENINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
2 August 1977. NAU air photography. Cropmarks.
One ring ditch.
D. Edwards (NAU), 18 March 1981.
July 2007. Norfolk NMP.
NMP mapping has led to the alteration of the central grid reference of the site from TM 3986 9760 to TM 3985 9762.
The ring ditch described above is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (S1)-(S3), centred at TM 3985 9762. Although no dating evidence has been recovered, and a variety of interpretations are possible for such sites, it seems most likely that the ring ditch represents the site of a Bronze Age round barrow. Its general character and isolation fit this interpretation, as does its location adjacent to the cropmarks of a probable palaeochannel (also visible on the aerial photographs but not mapped). There may be further archaeological cropmarks in the vicinity, but nothing was identified that was certain enough to warrant mapping.
The ring ditch is somewhat oval in plan, measuring approximately 13.5m long and 12m wide. Traces of a possible outer ditch are visible on its northeast side.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 23 July 2007.
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 - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TM 3997A. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TM 3997A-B (NLA 55/AKY12-3) 01-AUG-1977. |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TM 3997C-D (NLA 56/ALD13-4) 02-AUG-1977. |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS. 1988. BKS 0935-6 07-SEP-1988 (NCC 4757-8). |
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