NHER 45171 (Cropmark and Earthwork) - Possible cropmark ring ditch, Hopton on Sea

October 2006. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of an incomplete ring ditch, potentially the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on aerial photographs to the northwest of Oak Farm, Hopton on Sea (S1). The site is centred on TG 5095 0081. This ring ditch is located within an area of complex and overlapping enclosures and field boundaries, dating from the late prehistoric to the Roman period. Other round barrows have been recorded within this area (NHER 17225, 45168-73). These are all located on the eastern side of plateau defined by the 15m contour. The round barrows are all positioned on or near to this contour, either on the plateau edge or valley side. This particular barrow is located slightly lower on the valley side than the rest, halfway in-between the 10m and 15m contours. A sinuous trackway runs through this barrow group (NHER 43544), a late prehistoric origin for this track has been suggested and it is possible that it is sited on the round barrows.

This incomplete ring ditch consists of a semi-circular with a potential ring of 16.5m in diameter. The ring ditch is bisected by a modern field boundary.
S. Massey (NMP), 19 October 2006.