Record Details
| NHER Number: | 34183 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Probable Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
The cropmarks of a probable Bronze Age round barrow and associated ring ditch are bisected by a field boundary visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1946 and Ordnance Survey aerial photographs from 1969.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1455 4077 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG14SW |
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| Parish: | NORTH NORFOLK |
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| UPPER SHERINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
June 1946. RAF aerial photograph.
Shows circular ring ditch cut by hedge.
Probable barrow.
B. Cushion (NLA), 5 February 1999.
May 2003. Norfolk NMP.
Parchmarks and cropmarks of round barrow visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1946 (S1) and Ordnance Survey aerial photographs from 1969 (S2). The site is centred on TG 1455 4077 and is 15m in diameter. A field boundary and hedgerow bisect the parchmark of the mound. On the 1968 Ordnance Survey aerial photographs (S2) a surrounding ring ditch is visible, including an slight arc on the western side of the field boundary.
S. Massey (NMP), May 2003.
Monument Types
- 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
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TG14/TG1441/B. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 1440F - G. |
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1606 2160-1 27-AUG-1946 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1969. OS/69037 070-1 03-APR-1969. |
Related records - none
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