Record Details

NHER Number:1946
Type of record:Monument
Name:Cropmarks of possible Bronze Age ring ditches/round barrows

Summary

Aerial photographs taken in 1961 show five ring ditches. The three northern ones are larger than the two southern ones and they probably belonged to a round barrow group. However, a visit to the site in 1976 failed to record any trace of these features.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 8643 3721
Map Sheet:TF83NE
Parish:SOUTH CREAKE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1964.
Five ring ditches (one athwart North/South Creake parish boundary) visible on infra-red aerial photograph taken on 18 June 1961.
Probably round barrow group. Three northern ones are larger than the two southern ones.
Information from (S1).
Seen by E. B. Green (NCM).

17 March 1976.
No sign in ploughed field.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 17 March 1976.

Monument Types

  • RING DITCH (Undated)
  • 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: TF 8637Q.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Creake.

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