NHER 27548 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmark of ring ditch

August 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a large ring ditch, possibly relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1) This ring ditch is located at TG 5082 1137 on the edge of the high ground overlooking the lower Bure valley. It is circular in plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 30m. This ring ditch is probably of Bronze Age date and may surround a round barrow. Another possible ring ditch, with a smaller diameter is located 110m to the northeast (NHER 27547) and a third, also with 30m diameter, lies 640m to the northeast (NHER 27395). These form part of a larger group of eight ring ditches located around a headland between the lower Bure valley to the south and the smaller Pickerill Holme valley to the west (see NHER 27547, 27377, 12187, 27380, 27381, 27395). The ring ditches in this group are positioned around the sides rather than on top of the headland and lie at a height of between 10m and 15m OD.
J. Albone (NMP), 5 August 2005