NHER 43392 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmark of probable Bronze Age round barrow

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Summary

A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs from 1973 and 1991.The ring ditch is circular in plan with a 2.5m wide ditch and an external diameter of 24m. It is located on a southwest facing slope at approximately 42m OD close to the head of a small dry valley. Other ring ditch cropmarks are present 630m to the north (NHER 33599, 43394, 43395).

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF63SE
Civil Parish SNETTISHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). This cropmark is located at TF 6998 3495. The ring ditch is circular in plan with a 2.5m wide ditch and an external diameter of 24m. It is likely that it is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. It is located on a southwest facing slope at approximately 42m OD close to the head of a small dry valley. Other ring ditch cropmarks are present 630m to the north (NHER 33599, 43394, 43395).
J. Albone (NMP), 16 March 2006

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1973. OS/73013 109-10 07-MAR-1973 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1991. OS/91165 12-3 15-AUG-1991 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Apr 17 2023 3:58PM

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