NHER 45180 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of ovoid enclosure or barrow of prehistoric date

October 2006. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of a possible ovoid enclosure or barrow of prehistoric date are visible to the south of Hobland Road (S1). The site is centred on TG 5044 0133. This enclosure or barrow ditch appears to be cut by a trackway of probable late prehistoric date (NHER 43544). This possible oval enclosure or barrow is located within a dispersed group of round barrows (NHER 17225, 45168-72). 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. The trackway, which cuts this oval feature, runs through this barrow group and it is possible that it is sited on the round barrows. The positioning of this oval enclosure on the edge of the plateau would suggest that it is also a funerary monument associated with the rest of the barrows.

The incomplete oval ditch measures 36m by 30m. The cropmarks of this oval enclosure are quite faint and only clearly visible in 1974 (S1).
S. Massey (NMP), 19 October 2006.