Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17237 |
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| Type of record: | Cropmark and Earthwork |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of undated double concentric ring ditch, probably the site of a Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
A double concentric ring ditch, probably marking the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs.
Images - none
Location
Full description
30 July 1977. NAU air photography. Cropmark.
Half of a double concentric ring ditch.
E. Rose and D. Edwards (NAU) 8 May 1981.
26 June 1996. NLA air photography (AP1).
Cropmarks of incomplete double concentric ring ditch.
Caution must be applied to date as it is of a similar size to a circular wooded area to the immediate north.
S. Massey (NLA), 24 September 2001.
28 June 1996. NLA air photography (AP2).
Double concentric ring ditch still visible.
S. Massey (NLA), 28 September 2001.
August 2023. Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
The undated double concentric ring ditch described above is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S3-S4). It probably represents the site of a Bronze Age round barrow.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 31 August 2023.
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
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TG 2223AEM-AEY. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2223AGY - AGZ. |
| <S2> | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2223AHA - AHD; TG 2323E. |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. XX-XXX-2003 ACCESSED 10-JAN-2023. |
| <S4> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Oblique Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. NMR 26416/01-08-52 13-AUG-2009. |
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