NHER 43380 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of probable Bronze Age round barrow at Dowe Hill Farm

March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A double ring ditch is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 5004 1599. It is most likely to represent the remains of a prehistoric burial mound, probably of Bronze Age date, and is one of several to be identified in the area. The cropmark, however, is rather faint, and it is only visible on aerial photographs taken on a single day. Its interpretation, therefore, is uncertain and the possibility that it is a product of modern agricultural activity cannot be ruled out.

The inner ring ditch is roughly circular but rather irregular in plan, although less so than the outer ditch. They measure approximately 19.5m and 30m in diameter respectively. Gaps in the circuit of the ditches are as likely to reflect the cropmark being masked as the presence of genuine causeways.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 14 March 2006.