NHER 5782 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Two undated enclosures and post medieval tile

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Summary

Two undated enclosures are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. One is oval and is probably the remains of a Neolithic long barrow or mortuary enclosure. The other is rectangular and is defined by a series of pits. Post medieval tiles have been found on the site.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF92NE
Civil Parish KETTLESTONE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Cropmarks plotted by D.A. Edwards (NAU) 1974.
Rectangular enclosure overlain by small oval enclosure.
(S1).
E. Rose (NAU).

Spring 1985. Area of cropmark systematically fieldwalked and metal detected.
No finds other than post medieval tile and small scraps of metal, probably recent.
A. Gregory (NAU), August 23 1985.

29 June 1993. NLA air photography.
Oval enclosure showing, no sign of northern rectangular enclosure it overlies on TF 9529/AJJ, can be detected faintly on TF 9529/AJH.
S. Massey (NLA), 30 January 2001.

Photographs in file.

October 2009.
The oval enclosure is probably the remains of a Neolithic long barrow or mortuary enclosure. The rectangular enclosure is defined by a series of pits and may be associated.
See (S1) for plot based on aerial photographs.
D. Robertson (NLA), 1 October 2009.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: TF 9529 AJH-AJJ.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: TF9529 ADD,ADG,ADK-ADU,ADW-AES,AFA-AFH,AFM-AFY,AHG-AHK,AHU-AHY,AJE.
  • --- Correspondence: 1989. Correspondence regarding NHER 5782 and 5783.
  • --- Correspondence: 1991. Correspondence regarding NHER 5782 and 5783.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Kettlestone.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 92 NE 13 [2].
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Article in Monograph: Edwards, D. 1976. The Air Photographs Collection of the Norfolk Archaeological Unit.. Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 2 pp 251-269. p 264.
  • TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 19 2016 10:19AM

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