Record Details
| NHER Number: | 43321 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark of a possible Bronze Age barrow |
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Summary
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs. It lies on a gentle northwest facing slope at 60m OD. A possible earthwork round barrow has been recorded immediately to the southwest of this cropmark (NHER 11590), although it is possible that these two are in fact the same site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 74223 37302 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF73NW |
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| Parish: | SEDGEFORD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). This cropmark is located at TF 7422 3730. The ring ditch is circular in plan with an external diameter of 29m and a 4.5m wide ditch. It lies on a gentle northwest facing slope at 60m OD. It is likely that this ring ditch is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. A further possible round barrow, originally observed as a low earthwork (NHER 11590), is recorded 30m to the southwest of this cropmark. It is possible that these two round barrows are in fact the same monument. The recorded diameter of the earthwork round barrow is larger than that of the cropmark ring ditch, although this could be a result of continued ploughing of the mound. No clear evidence for the earthwork barrow (NHER 11590) was visible on the aerial photographs.
J. Albone (NMP), 02 March 2006.
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
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1958. RAF 543/392 (F21) 98-9 17-SEP-1958 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72169 29-30 16-JUN-1972. |
Related records
| 11590 | Related to: Earthwork of possible Bronze Age round barrow (Monument) |
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