Record Details
| NHER Number: | 11902 |
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| Type of record: | Cropmark and Earthwork |
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| Name: | Cropmark and low earthwork of a possible Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
A cropmark of a ring ditch, possibly relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs. A low mound visible at this location on visualised lidar data may be the remains of an internal mound. The site is situated on a south facing slope at 65m OD. The site of another ring ditch cropmark and earthwork mound is located immediately to the northeast (NHER 43317). As the lidar survey was flown relative recently, it is likely that the earthwork still survives.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7468 3798 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF73NW |
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| Parish: | DOCKING, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
June 1946. RAF aerial photography.
Ring ditch.
A. Lawson (NAU).
March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably a round barrow of Bronze Age date, is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). The central grid reference for this cropmark has been amended from TF 7463 3798 to TF 7468 3799. The ring ditch is sub-circular in plan and has a maximum external diameter of 35m. The cropmark of the ditch appears to be widest on the western side where it measures approximately 3.5m across. It is likely that this ring ditch is of Bronze Age date and that it probably relates to a round barrow. A second ring ditch cropmark is located 90m to the northeast (NHER 43317). Both of these ring ditches are situated on a south facing slope at between 65m and 70m OD.
J. Albone (NMP), 01 March 2006.
July 2025. Northwest Norfolk Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AI&M) Project (volunteer strand).
A low mound is visible at this location on visualised lidar data from a survey flown in 2018 (S3). It probably represents the remains of the internal mound associated with the ring ditch (possible Bronze Age round barrow) described above. At the same time, it should be noted that the lidar survey shows the ground surface in this area as being extremely uneven, with numerous rather amorphous mounds which could be of archaeological origin but might equally be geological. Only those mounds with corresponding with previously recorded sites of mounds, ring ditches or possible round barrows have been recorded. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently, it is likely that the earthwork still survives.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 1 July 2025.
Monument Types
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- 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
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 4115-6 07-JUN-1946 (NHER TF 7438B-C). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1430 3260 16-APR-1946 (NMR). |
| <S3> | LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF73NW DTM 1m 13-NOV-2018. |
Related records
| 43317 | Related to: Cropmark and low earthwork of a possible Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork) |
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