Record Details

NHER Number:61532
Type of record:Monument
Name:Soilmarks of a ring ditch, probably a former Bronze Age round barrow

Summary

The soilmarks of a ring ditch, probably representing the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on aerial photographs. The site is located next to a group of surviving round barrows (NHER 32594, NHER 33453, and NHER 33454).

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 7575 8982
Map Sheet:TL78NE
Parish:HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

January 2016. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The soilmarks and vegetation marks of a ring ditch, probably representing the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). The site is located next to a group of surviving round barrows (NHER 32594, NHER 33453, and NHER 33454).
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 24 January 2016.

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 - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. Oblique Aerial Photograph. NMR 27459/1-6 16-MAY-2012 (HEA Digital).
<S2>Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery TM7589 06-JUN-2014 (Digital Colour).

Related records

33453Related to: Neolithic or Bronze Age round barrow (Monument)
33454Related to: Neolithic or Bronze Age round barrow (Monument)
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