NHER 9586 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of probable Late Neolithic to Bronze Age round barrow

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Summary

A ring ditch, possibly with a double concentric plan and probably representing the site of a Late Neolithic to Bronze Age round barrow, is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. It is one of several such barrows visible in the immediate vicinity of Arminghall Henge (NHER 6100), which appears to have acted as a focus for prehistoric funerary monuments.

Protected Status/Designation

Location

Map sheet TG20NW
Civil Parish BIXLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Small ring ditch. Compare with (S1), RAF aerial photographs 1929 (S2), Norfolk and Norwich Aero Club 1933.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Cropmark on aerial photographs by Royal Aeronautical Society. Various dates from 1929.

July 1977.
Cropmark of double concentric ring ditch. Outer circle of feature is indistinct and of 'broken' appearance.
D. A. Edwards (NAU), 29 January 1980.

No sign of barrow in pasture.
A. J. Lawson (NAU), 10 December 1975.

See 1:2500 and 6 inch overlays.

13 July 1993. NLA air photography (S3).
Faint cropmarks of double concentric ring ditch can be detected to northwest of henge.
S. Horlock (NLA), 9 February 2001.

14 June 1996. NLA air photography (S4).
Cropmark of concentric ring ditch still visible.
S. Horlock (NLA), 8 August 2001.

19 June 1996. NLA air photography (S5).
Double concentric ring ditches shown clearly.
S. Massey (NLA), 13 August 2001.

25 June 1996. NLA air photography (S6).
H. Clare (NLA), 23 August 2001.

2 July 1996. NLA air photography (S7).
S. Massey (NLA), 23 July 2001.

June 2010. Norfolk NMP.
The ring ditch described above is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (S6) and (S8)-(S21), centred at TG 2393 0613. It is described above as being double concentric in plan, but only the broad inner ditch is clearly visible on the consulted aerial photographs, the potential outer ditch (or ditches) being rather faint, intermittent and dubious. The inner ditch, which is circular, measures 24m in diameter; the postulated outer ditch (as mapped by the NMP) is more oval in plan and measures up to 39m in diameter.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 30 June 2010.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: TG2406 E-AJ; TG2305 AFG.
  • --- Article in Serial: Antiquity. Antiquity. Vol VII.
  • --- Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF225.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Bixley (Armingham).
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: Clark, G. 1936. The Timber Monument at Arminghall and its Affinities. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol II Pt 1 pp 1-51.
  • <S10> Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1956. CUCAP (SQ57) 28-MAY-1956.
  • <S11> Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1959. CUCAP (YI58-60) 17-JUN-1959.
  • <S12> Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1959. CUCAP (ZP91-5) 04-JUL-1959.
  • <S13> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1964. OS/64206 070-1 22-SEP-1964 (NMR).
  • <S14> Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1970. CUCAP (BCB63-5) 16-JUN-1970.
  • <S15> Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1976. CUCAP (BXH39) 15-JUN-1976.
  • <S16> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1976. NHER TG 2406Y (NLA 27/AEX15) 29-JUN-1976.
  • <S17> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TG 2406AH (NLA 45/AJA26) 19-JUL-1977.
  • <S18> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1980. NHER TG 2306F (NLA 82/ANU6) 09-JUN-1980.
  • <S19> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. NHER TG 2306AD-E (NLA 361/JAZ1-2) 14-JUN-1996.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Antiquity. Antiquity. Vol III, p 257. p 257.
  • <S20> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. NHER TG 2306AQ-AU (NLA 362/JDT5-9) 19-JUN-1996.
  • <S21> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. NHER TG 2306X-Y (NLA 367/HYH7-8) 02-JUL-1996.
  • <S3> Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1993. TG2405/ADA, AGH; TG2306/T - V.
  • <S4> Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2306AC - AP.
  • <S5> Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2306AQ - AX.
  • <S6> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. NHER TG 2306AY-AZ (NLA 363/AYP12-3) 25-JUN-1996.
  • <S7> Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TG 2306W - AB.
  • <S8> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Crawford Collection. 1929. NHER TG 2406E-G (Crawford Collection 1865, 1873-4) 18-JUN-1929.
  • <S9> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Norfolk and Norwich Aeroclub Ltd. 1935. NHER TG 2406AB (Norfolk and Norwich Aero Club Ltd 957) XX-XXX-1935.

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