NHER 43321 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of an undated extraction pit, previously interpreted as a Bronze Age round barrow

March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). This cropmark is located at TF 7422 3730. The ring ditch is circular in plan with an external diameter of 29m and a 4.5m wide ditch. It lies on a gentle northwest facing slope at 60m OD. It is likely that this ring ditch is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. A further possible round barrow, originally observed as a low earthwork (NHER 11590), is recorded 30m to the southwest of this cropmark. It is possible that these two round barrows are in fact the same monument. The recorded diameter of the earthwork round barrow is larger than that of the cropmark ring ditch, although this could be a result of continued ploughing of the mound. No clear evidence for the earthwork barrow (NHER 11590) was visible on the aerial photographs.
J. Albone (NMP), 02 March 2006.

July 2025. Northwest Norfolk Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AI&M) Project (volunteer strand).
The cropmark of a ring ditch (possibly a Bronze Age round barrow) described above in fact corresponds with a former extraction pit, probably of post medieval date, visible as a low earthwork on visualised lidar data (S3). There is no supporting evidence for the suggestion above that this site is the same as the ploughed-out mound recorded a short distance to the southwest as NHER 11590. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently (2018), it is probable that the earthwork still survives.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 1 July 2025.