NHER 68097 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of a Bronze Age round barrow

The below ring ditch was originally recorded as part of NHER 11688

March 2024. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
The earthworks (since levelled) of a ring ditch, associated with a probable Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 (S1). The earthworks are subsequently levelled with the ring ditch visible as a cropmark on later (1974-2022) aerial photographs (S2-21). The presence of a central mound is uncertain. No trace of an earthwork mound was visible on the aerial photograph taken in 1946 (S1). It is possible that mound may have survived as a very low earthwork or had been previously levelled. Later aerial photographs (S7 and S17) appear to show a soilmark in the centre of the ring ditch which could relate to the site of a mound. However, it is also possible that the soilmark could relate to a geological feature. The possible internal mound or geological feature has been mapped by extent due to the uncertainty of its origin. A pit feature is also visible (centred at approximately TF 8776 1677) as cropmark in close proximity to the ring ditch. It is possible that this feature may have related to the site of the round barrow. The site forms part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery (NHER 68100) along with the sites of further probable Bronze Age round barrows recorded in the vicinity.
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 19 March 2024.