Record Details
| NHER Number: | 27345 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Probable Neolithic or Bronze Age ring ditch |
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Summary
A ring ditch, probably the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The oval form of the barrow suggests it could date back to the Neolithic. It forms part of a dispersed barrow cemetery (NHER 27342).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 4863 1643 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG41NE |
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| Parish: | HEMSBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
May 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A ring ditch is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (S1) to (S3), centred at TG 4863 1643. It is most likely to be the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, part of barrow cemetery NHER 27342, although its rather oval shape in plan indicates that it could be a Neolithic oval barrow. It measures approximately 26m long by 21.5m wide, and is defined by a relatively substantial ditch. Gaps in the circuit of the ditch reflect its bisection by a modern field boundary, rather than genuine causeways. Traces of an internal pit are visible, perhaps marking the site of an associated burial.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 6 May 2005.
Monument Types
- PIT (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- BURIAL? (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- OVAL BARROW (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- PIT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- RING DITCH (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 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. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 3043-4 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TG 4915A, TG 4815A). |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1973. CUCAP (BOB73) 05-JUL-1973. |
| <S3> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1979. NHER TG 4816A-C (NLA 72/AMR12-4) 17-JUL-1979. |
Related records
| 27342 | Part of: Probable Bronze Age round barrow cemetery (Monument) |
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