Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17738 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark of possible prehistoric enclosure |
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Summary
A possibly prehistoric oval enclosure or natural solution feature, visible as a cropmark on 1978 NLA oblique and 1988 BKS vertical images.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7631 4162 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF74SE |
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| Parish: | TITCHWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
21 September 1978. NAU air photography.
Soilmark of rectangular enclosure.
D. Edwards (NAU), 15 February 1981.
Has rounded ends - almost an ovoid.
E. Rose (NAU), 11 November 1981.
Informant [1] states that this is in fact a large old pond. Not visited on ground as owned by another farmer who could not be contacted. Informant says she has walked over it.
E. Rose (NAU), 19 July 1985.
April 2002. Norfolk NMP.
The feature appears to be regular and ovoid shaped with an east to west length of 44m and a width of 29m (S2). The interior of the feature appears to be a levelled mound, with an elongated pit-like feature at its centre (S1).
This feature is morphologically similar to enclosures interpreted as a form of Neolithic long mound elsewhere in East Anglia (S3) and may be prehistoric. The feature does not appear to be similar to the other sinkholes and geological features in this area and is unlikely to be natural. There is an enclosure of similar shape and dimensions (NHER 26718) approximately 3 km to the north-east.
M. Brennand (NMP), 16 April 2002.
Monument Types
- OVAL ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- POND (Unknown date)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- ENCLOSURE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- LONG BARROW? (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- LONG MOUND? (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1978. TF/7641A-C. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1978. SMR TF 7641C (NLA 69/AMH5) 21-SEP-1978. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS. 1988. BKS 8423 27-MAY-1988 (NCC 0972). |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Jones, D. 1998. Long barrows and Neolithic Elongated Enclosures in Lincolnshire: An Analysis of the Air Photographic Evidence. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 64 pp 83-114. pp 83-114. |
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