Record Details
| NHER Number: | 35558 |
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| Type of record: | Cropmark and Earthwork |
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| Name: | Site of possible Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
A mound and possible ring ditch, of unknown date, are visible as soilmarks, cropmarks and a low earthwork, on aerial photographs and visualised lidar data. They may relate to the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, but are perhaps more likely to be of natural origin. The lidar survey was flown relatively recently (2018), and any earthworks may still survive.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7603 3882 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF73NE |
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| Parish: | DOCKING, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
15 March 1972. Ordnance Survey aerial photography.
Positive cropmarks/soilmarks of ring ditch.
Probably a combination of positive germination marks and soilmarks.
D. Voisey (NLA) 14 February 1996.
June 2025. Northwest Norfolk Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AI&M) Project.
The undated, possibly Bronze Age, ring ditch described above, together with an internal mound, is visible as soilmarks, cropmarks and a low earthwork on aerial photographs (S1-S3) and visualised lidar data (S4). They may relate to the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, but are perhaps more likely to be of natural origin. On the visualised lidar data (S4), the mound can be seen to lie at the north end of an area of uneven ground, incorporating several other amorphous mounds, probably features of geomorphological origin. The possible ring ditch is only clearly defined on the aerial photographs taken in March 1972 (S1), on a part of the photograph which is unrectifiable. For this reason, and the uncertain interpretation of the features, the site has been mapped by extent. The lidar survey was flown relatively recently (2018), and any earthworks may still survive.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 12 June 2025.
Monument Types
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- NATURAL FEATURE? (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
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS 72-005-010. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. OS/72005 V 010-011 12-MAR-1972. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. OS/72169 V 048-049 16-JUN-1972. |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. OS/73013 V 135 07-MAR-1973. |
| <S4> | LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF73NE DTM 1m 13-NOV-2018. |
Related records - none
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