NHER 18576 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible Bronze Age barrow
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL69SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
April 1982. On fen between former Sams' Cut Drain and Poppylot Road.
Cropmark of circle with central feature. Possibly surrounding upstanding mound visible on Fenland Survey air
photograph.
F. Healy (NAU), November 1982.
This is a very unusual setting for a ring ditch. Is it in fact an agricultural mark made eg by a crop sprayer? Photograph not seen.
E. Rose (NAU) and D. Edwards (NAU), November 1982.
This is no more than a rather regular sandhill on the Fen Edge. Photograph as given not located at Fenland Survey but same feature seen on (S1).
R. Silvester (NAU), 12 September 1983.
29 April 1987. Visited by R. Silvester (NAU).
Who wishes to withdraw statement above and say that Dr Healy could be correct. Low mound about 0.4m higher than surrounding skirtland. Appears to be oval on Fenland air photograph (which in fact shows it as soil not cropmark) but when paced was 39m east to west x 36m north to south excluding 'ditch' and was composed of chalky loam as is rest of skirtland here. Surrounding it is a depression which could be a ditch perhaps, 0.2m below skirtland level.
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S2).
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF14875 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL 176. FENS.
- --- SNF14876 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. FWL 177. FENS.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF10486 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP AP RC 8 EH 149, RC 8 CO 40 (Fenland Survey).
- <S2> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (2)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Mar 9 2012 4:35PM