Record Details
| NHER Number: | 27343 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Probable 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. It forms part of a dispersed barrow cemetery (NHER 27342).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 4844 1664 |
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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.
The ring ditch described below was previously recorded as part of NHER 12165.
A ring ditch is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (S1) to (S3), centred at TG 4844 1665. It is most likely to be the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, part of barrow cemetery NHER 27342. It is roughly circular in shape and measures up to around 12m in diameter. It appears to be respected by the linear ditches (also visible as cropmarks) which surround it. These form part of a field system of probable Bronze Age date (NHER 27338), presumably dating to later in the Bronze Age than the barrow cemetery. A central pit within the ring ditch may mark an associated burial.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 5 May 2005.
Monument Types
- PIT (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- BURIAL? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- PIT (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
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1979. NHER TG 4816A-C (NLA 72/AMR12-4) 17-JUL-1979. |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1983. NHER TG 4816L-Q (NLA 137/ATN1-5) 29-JUL-1983. |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1970. OS/70351 162 20-SEP-1970 (NMR). |
Related records
| 27342 | Part of: Probable Bronze Age round barrow cemetery (Monument) |