NHER 66762 (Cropmark and Earthwork) - Cropmark of a small square enclosure, possibly an Iron Age square barrow

May 2023. Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
Part of a small, square enclosure, possibly the outer ditch of an Iron Age square barrow, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (S1-S3). A second, more complete square enclosure (NHER 66761), again interpreted as a possible Iron Age square barrow, lies 4m to its east. A ring ditch, possibly the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, (NHER 66759) lies 13m to its west. The enclosure also overlies the line of a Roman road (NHER 66763).
The site is part of a clearly complex area of archaeology, where the relationships between different features are unclear. If not a square barrow, like NHER 66761 to its east, the site could instead be interpreted as some other type of funerary site or shrine, of prehistoric or Roman date, or a non-funerary enclosure of almost any period.
See the project report (S4) for a more detailed discussion of these sites, and the relationship of the road with the Roman town and industrial suburb of Brampton (NHER 1006 and 1124) approximately 500m to the east.
These cropmarks were previously recorded as part of NHER 36465.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 5 May 2023.