Record Details
| NHER Number: | 44851 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of possible Bronze Age ring ditches |
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Summary
Cropmarks of two ring ditches of probable Bronze Age round barrows are visible on aerial photographs. The two ring ditches have diameters of 11m and 13m. They are located on an east facing valley slope and form part of a dispersed barrow cemetery (NHER 11675).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 3387 9304 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM39SW |
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| Parish: | BROOME, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
July 2006. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of two ring ditches of probable Bronze Age round barrows are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S5). These cropmarks are located at TM 3386 9305 and were previously recorded as part of NHER 11675. The largest of the ring ditches is located at TM 3387 9304. It has a circular plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 13m. Located 16m to its northeast at TM 3388 9305 is the second ring ditch cropmark. It has a sub-circular plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 11m. Two gaps are present in this ditch but these are possibly not deliberate entrances. Both of these ring ditches are likely to relate to round barrows of Bronze Age date. A further C-shaped cropmark located to the west of these ring ditches appears to be geological in origin and was not mapped. The round barrows are located on an east facing valley slope and form part of a dispersed barrow cemetery (NHER 11675).
J. Albone (NMP), 18 July 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> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1974. NHER TM 3392J (NLA 12/AEJ2) 12-JUL-1974. |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1974. NHER TM 3392R-S (NLA 12/SLIDE) 12-JUL-1974. |
| <S3> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TM 3392AT-AV (NLA 44/AHQ22, 24-5) 06-JUL-1977. |
| <S4> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TM 3392AZ (NLA 56/ALF12) 02-AUG-1977. |
| <S5> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1995. OS/95161 102-3 19-MAY-1995 (NMR). |
Related records
| 11675 | Part of: Bronze Age to Iron Age barrow cemetery (Monument) |
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