NHER 20837 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmark of a Bronze Age ring ditch

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Summary

Cropmarks of a ring ditch of probable Bronze Age date are visible on aerial photographs. Other ring ditch cropmarks are present in the vicinity and together they form a dispersed barrow cemetery (NHER 50705). Linear cropmarks previously recorded as part of this site are now recorded as NHER 2920.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF91NE
Civil Parish NORTH ELMHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

19 June 1973. Spong Hill, east of excavated site.
Cropmarks of linear features and a possible ring ditch are visible in aerial photographs.
D. A. Edwards 19 October 1984.

The possible ring ditch is located at 9843 1981.
E. Rose (NAU).

For features, possibly natural or modern, in pipe trench along west boundary 1987 see in file under NHER 1012

November 2007. Norfolk NMP
Cropmarks of a ring ditch of probable Bronze Age date are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S8). Linear cropmarks previously recorded as part of this site are now recorded as NHER 2920. The ring ditch is sub-circular in plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 22m. It is likely that this ring ditch is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. The ring ditch is crossed by a later field boundary ditch cropmark (NHER 2920). Other ring ditch cropmarks are present in the vicinity and together they form a dispersed barrow cemetery (NHER 50705).
J. Albone (NMP), 26 November 2007

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1973. NHER TF 9819AH-AK (NLA -/AAC9-11) 19-JUN-1973.
  • <S2> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1992. NHER TF 9819APM-APN (NLA 305/GKG9-10) 29-JUN-1992.
  • <S3> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1989. NHER TF 9819AQD-AQE (NLA 224/DJC2-3) 16-JUN-1989.
  • <S4> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1974. NHER TF 9819ADP (NLA 4/ABB17) 20-JUN-1974.
  • <S5> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1973. NHER TF 9819Q (NLA -/AAB3) 19-JUN-1973.
  • <S6> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1973. NHER TF 9819W (NLA -/AAB9) 19-JUN-1973.
  • <S7> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1973. NHER TF 9819AC (NLA -/AAC3) 19-JUN-1973.
  • <S8> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1986. NHER TF 9819AQH-AQJ (NLA 184/DCR11-2) 29-JUL-1986.

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May 17 2022 1:58PM

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