Record Details
| NHER Number: | 44836 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmark of a possible Bronze Age ring ditch |
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Summary
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs of this area. It forms part of a large barrow cemetery (NHER 44844).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 34329 93110 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM39SW |
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| Parish: | BROOME, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
July 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1). This cropmark is located at TM 3433 9311. The ring ditch has a sub-circular plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 15m. It is likely that this ring ditch is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. It is situated on a south facing slope at approximately 21m OD and forms part of a barrow cemetery (NHER 44844).
J. Albone (NMP), 10 July 2006.
See (S2) for additional aerial photographs.
H. Hamilton (HES), 23 August 2013.
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
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1976. NHER TM 3493AK-AP (NLA 154/AXH8-9, 12-3, 16) 08-JUL-1976. |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Page, M.. 2010. NHER TM 3493 ABH-ABK (PAGE) 30-JUN-2010. |
Related records
| 44844 | Part of: Bronze Age barrow cemetery (Monument) |
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