NHER 62470 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible small circular enclosure of unknown, perhaps post-medieval, date
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL88SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
December 2018. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
Part of a possible small circular or curvilinear enclosure, of unknown but perhaps post-medieval date, is visible as an earthwork on imagery from a lidar survey flown in 2015 (S1). It appears to surround a small mound with a central pit. Like other, similar enclosures mapped elsewhere in the wider landscape (see NHER 61554 or NHER 62003, for example) it may relate to warrening. It could instead relate to a former Bronze Age round barrow (or related monument) and be part of the probable large dispersed barrow cemetery NHER 62464, but this seems less likely. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently, it is likely that the earthwork still survives.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 3 December 2018.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF94129 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Thetford Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (9)
- MOUND? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- ROUND BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- MOUND? (Unknown date)
- STOCK ENCLOSURE? (Unknown date)
- CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- STOCK ENCLOSURE? (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Feb 21 2021 7:22PM