Record Details
| NHER Number: | 38654 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark of Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
A possible Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a negative cropmark on aerial photographs. The site has a distinctive topographical location on a spur of land overlooking a minor river valley to its west. Numerous prehistoric ceremonial and funerary monuments have been identified in the vicinity, and thus the interpretation of the site as a Bronze Age barrow seems plausible, although in the absence of supporting evidence (or clearer cropmarks on aerial photographs) its archaeological origin remains uncertain.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2209 3729 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG23NW |
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| Parish: | ROUGHTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
June 2004, Norfolk NMP.
A possible Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 2209 3729. Although the archaeological origin of the feature is not certain (it could perhaps relate to agriculture or a geological feature), its topographical location on a spur and its proximity to other known Bronze Age round barrows suggest that it is a prehistoric barrow. A similar feature, which has also been interpreted as a Bronze Age round barrow, is located on the adjacent spur to the south (NHER 38655).
The negative cropmark, representing the postulated mound, is sub-circular in plan and measures approximately 16m in diameter. No trace of a ditch is visible. A dark cropmark is visible in the same location on aerial photographs taken in 1988 (S2).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 4 June 2004.
Monument Types
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS. 1987. BKS 3479-80 04-JUL-1987 (NCC 0171-2). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS. 1988. BKS 2368-9 03-SEP-1988 (NCC 4562-3). |
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