NHER 42080 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmark of enclosure

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Summary

A cropmark of a small rectangular enclosure of unknown date is visible on aerial photographs. This enclosure is located 5m to the southwest of a ring ditch of a Bronze Age round barrow (NHER 17592). Although it is a little on the small side, it is possible that the enclosure is a ditch surrounding an Iron Age square barrow. Alternatively it could be a foundation trench for a timber structure or building of unknown, possibly Saxon, date.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG41SE
Civil Parish FILBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

October 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a small sub-rectangular enclosure of unknown date is visible on aerial photographs (S1). This cropmark is located at TG 4924 1288. The enclosure is sub-rectangular in plan with slightly rounded corners. It measures up to 8m by 6m and has a 2m wide gap in the ditch, which may represent an entrance, on its northern side. This enclosure is located 5m to the southwest of a ring ditch of a Bronze Age round barrow (NHER 17592). Although it is a little on the small side, it is possible that the enclosure is a ditch surrounding an Iron Age square barrow. Alternatively it could be a foundation trench associated with a small timber building of unknown, possibly Anglo Saxon date. A similar-sized sub-rectangular enclosure is located within the barrow cemetery 450m to the east (NHER 8645).
J. Albone (NMP), 17 October 2005

  • <S1> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1980. NHER TG 4912V (NLA 81/ANS1) 09-JUN-1980.

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Record last edited

Nov 22 2005 12:06PM

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