NHER 49597 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of possible Bronze Age round barrows
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM39NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THURTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
July 2007. Norfolk NMP.
Two ring ditches are visible as cropmarks on an aerial photograph (S1), at TM 3330 9987 and TM 3332 9989. They might plausibly represent the site of two Bronze Age round barrows, but could alternatively reflect the remains of prehistoric or Roman period roundhouses, perhaps associated with the multi-period cropmarks of fields, trackways and enclosures by which they are surrounded (NHER 49596). They appear to be respected by an element of the larger multi-period site, a multi-ditched boundary, which passes between them.
The ring ditches are both roughly circular in plan and measure approximately 11.5m in diameter. Possible internal pits or postholes are visible within the easternmost ring ditch, the eastern side of which is masked.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 23 July 2007.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF68221 Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1976. CUCAP BXT64 21-JUN-1976.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (11)
- PIT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POST HOLE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- ROUND BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- PIT (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2350 BC to 409 AD)
- RING DITCH (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2350 BC to 409 AD)
- ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC)? (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2350 BC to 409 AD)
- ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2350 BC to 409 AD)
- PIT (Unknown date)
- POST HOLE (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Feb 7 2011 5:16PM