Record Details

NHER Number:38542
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible Bronze Age round barrow

Summary

Cropmark of a ring ditch, possibly a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs. This cropmark was previously recorded as part of NHER 12820.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 3919 2593
Map Sheet:TG32NE
Parish:INGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

March 2004. Norfolk NMP
Cropmark of a ring ditch, possibly a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2). This cropmark was previously recorded as part of NHER 12820. It has a 20m external diameter with a narrow single ditch. No internal features are visible on the aerial photographs. It is crossed by cropmarks of a medieval to post-medieval road (NHER 38567). Two smaller ring ditches to the northeast are recorded as NHER 38543 and a single ring ditch to the west as NHER 38549.
See also adjacent and related cropmarks NHER 38574, 38567, 38543, 38549, 8221 and 8258.
J. Albone (NMP), 25 March 2004

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

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

<S1>Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A.. 1994. NHER TG 3925K (NLA 343/HVX6) 19-JUL-1994.
<S2>Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1973. NHER TG 3925C (CUCAP BOB94) 05-JUL-1973.

Related records

12820Related to: Possible site of medieval fair (Monument)

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