Record Details
| NHER Number: | 16004 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of ring ditch and rectangular enclosure |
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Summary
The cropmarks of a ring ditch, probably the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on aerial photographs. Another Bronze Age round barrow site is located 950m to the northwest (NHER 44879).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 4754 9379 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM49SE |
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| Parish: | BURGH ST PETER, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
6 July 1977. NAU air photography.
Cropmark of a single ring ditch within possible rectangular enclosure (S1).
See overlay sheet for NHER Record Map, compiled April 1980.
D. Edwards (NAU) 10 April 1980 and E. Rose (NAU) 14 April 1980.
THE CENTRAL GRID REFERENCE FOR THE SITE HAS BEEN ALTERED FROM TM 4752 9379 TO TM 4753 9379. THE ENCLOSURE PREVIOUSLY LISTED UNDER THIS NUMBER IS NOW RECORDED WITHIN NHER 16005 AND IS PART OF A ROMAN SETTLEMENT AND FIELD SYSTEM.
July 2006. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of a ring ditch, probably the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S3). The enclosure previously listed under this number is now recorded within NHER 16005 and is considered to be part of a Roman settlement and field system, which surrounds the location of the ring ditch. Another Bronze Age round barrow site is located 950m to the northwest (NHER 44879).
The ring ditch is centred on TM 4753 9379 and is 30m in diameter. The southern arc of the ring ditch is not visible due to the presence of cropmarks former post medieval field boundaries. The size of the ring ditch, and the fact that it appears to sit in the path of two Roman ditches, would suggest that it is not a round house associated with the settlement.
S. Massey (NMP), 24 July 2006.
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
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1986. NHER TM 4793D-E (NLA 180/DBV11-12) 17-JUL-1986. |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1980. CUCAP (CMK21-22) 03-JUL-1980. |
| <S3> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TM 4793A-C (NLA 44/AHS21-3) 06-JUL-1977. |
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