NHER 43610 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of two ring ditches

May 2006. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of two ring ditches, of possible Bronze Age date, are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S4). These cropmarks are centred on TM 3083 8796. The largest of the two ring ditches is located at TM 3086 8799. It has a sub-circular plan with a 2m wide ditch and an external diameter of 14m. It is likely that this ring ditch is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. The second ring ditch cropmark is located 80m to the southwest at TM 3081 8794. It has a sub-circular plan with a narrow ditch and an external diameter of 8m. Although it is possible that this ring ditch is of Bronze Age date, small ring ditches are sometimes associated with Early Anglo-Saxon graves and it could be of that date. Other ring ditch cropmarks are present to the northeast and southwest forming a dispersed barrow cemetery (NHER 43538-40, 43611-2). These include two other small ring ditches with diameters of 6m and 10m. These ring ditches are located on the terrace of the River Waveney at approximately 16m OD.
J. Albone (NMP), 2 May 2006