NHER 27349 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Probable Bronze Age ring ditch
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG41NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HEMSBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
May 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A ring ditch is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (S1) to (S4), centred at TG 4831 1646. It is most likely to be the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, part of barrow cemetery NHER 27342. It is roughly circular in shape and measures approximately 17m in diameter. A break in the ditch on its western side is as likely to be caused by the cropmark being masked as by the presence of a genuine causeway. The ring ditch is overlain by (or underlies), and in one case is respected by, several linear ditches. These form part of a field system of probable Bronze Age date (NHER 27338), which presumably dates to later in the Bronze Age than the barrow cemetery. An off centre pit within the ring ditch may mark an associated burial.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 10 May 2005.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF55686 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 1030-1 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TG 4716C, TG 4816A).
- <S2> SNF55922 Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1973. CUCAP (BOB70-1) 05-JUL-1973.
- <S3> SNF55895 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1979. NHER TG 4816A-C (NLA 72/AMR12-14) 17-JUL-1979.
- <S4> SNF55898 Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1980. CUCAP (CMK61) 03-JUL-1980.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (6)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (1)
Record last edited
Oct 24 2025 9:23AM