Record Details
| NHER Number: | 38679 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of probable Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
Cropmarks of an incomplete double ring ditch, probably a Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on aerial photographs. The Happisburgh/Witton parish boundary kinks around the ring ditch, suggesting that the barrow survived and was probably used as a marker when the boundary was established.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 35469 32694 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG33SE |
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| Parish: | WALCOTT, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| WITTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| xHAPPISBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
July 2004. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of an incomplete double ring ditch, probably a Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on aerial photographs (S1). The cropmarks are centred on TG 3547 3269. The sub-circular inner ring has a diameter of 19m and is nearly complete. It is not clear whether two small breaks in the northern side of the inner ring represent original gaps in the ditch or are a result of irregular cropmark formation. The outer ring, which has a diameter of 29m, is only visible on the eastern side of the field boundary. The ring ditch is crossed by a modern field boundary, which is also the parish boundary between Happisburgh and Witton. There is a noticable kink in the field boundary at this location, suggesting that the barrow was still extant and was probably used as a marker when the boundary was established.
J. Albone (NMP), 14 July 2004.
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> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2002. EA 040 AF/02C/339 6976-7 22-JUL-2002 (EA). |
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