Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1683 |
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| Type of record: | Cropmark and Earthwork |
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| Name: | Site of Bronze Age barrow cemetery |
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Summary
Three ring ditches, most likely associated with the site of Bronze Age round barrows, are visible as cropmarks and soilmarks on aerial photographs. The features presumably form the site of a barrow cemetery. The ring ditches have been recorded separately as NHER 68600, 68601 and 68602. The earthworks of a very low central mound have also been recorded from visualised lidar data as part of NHER 68600.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 718 323 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF73SW |
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| Parish: | SHERNBORNE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Undated St Joseph aerial photograph.
Three ring ditches in group.
See (S1).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
17 March 1976.
No sign of earthworks in grassed field.
A.J. Lawson (NAU).
March 2025. Northwest Norfolk Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AI&M) Project.
Three ring ditches, most likely associated with the site of Bronze Age round barrows, are visible as cropmarks and soilmarks (S2-S4 and S6) on aerial photographs. The features presumably form the site of a barrow cemetery. The ring ditches have been recorded separately as NHER 68600, 68601 and 68602. The earthworks of a very low central mound have also been recorded from visualised lidar data (S5) as part of NHER 68600.
The monument polygon has been amended to the extent of the features as seen on S5.
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 27 March 2025.
Monument Types
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- BARROW CEMETERY (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- MOUND (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd and Getmapping Plc. unknown. Aerial Photography for Great Britain (APGB) Orthophotographs. https://www.apgb.co.uk. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Shernborne. |
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF7132/B; -- (CUCAP/ (CUCAP) CAN 46). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/58/2401 V1 0024-0025 01-APR-1958. |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/58/2401 V2 0125-0126 01-APR-1958. |
| <S4> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 27-MAR-2025. |
| <S5> | LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF73SW DTM 1m 13-NOV-2018. |
Related records
| 68601 | Parent of: Cropmarks of a ring ditch most likely associated with the site of a Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork) |
| 68602 | Parent of: Cropmarks of a ring ditch most likely associated with the site of a Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork) |
| 68600 | Parent of: Site of a Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork) |
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