NHER 11706 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmark of ring ditch and enclosure

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Summary

A ring ditch, possibly the remains of a Bronze Age bell barrow, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The ring ditch, which is also visible on the ground as a slight earthwork, is overlain by a rectangular enclosure of unknown date.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF81NW
Civil Parish	NEWTON BY CASTLE ACRE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Ring ditch.
Cut by new road (not on Ordnance Survey) but edge still visible in road verge.
Central white patch suggests a bell barrow.
Checked by E. Rose (NAU) 20 October 1976.

Still shows as mound 40cm high.
A. Lawson (NAU) 28 June 1977.

Grid reference amended.
J.E. Bown (NAU) 11 December 1980.

April 1988. Visited by J. Wymer (NAU).
Ploughed almost flat, although part in road verge at top of cutting is approximately 0.40cm high.
J. Wymer (NAU).

Ground views in air photograph index.

Area extended from 1986 air photograph which shows rectangular enclosure overlying the ring ditch, and fragmentary enclosures to west which may include sections of other ring ditches.
E. Rose (NAU).

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF49528 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TF 8316ABC, ABD.
--- SNF49901 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TF 8316ABE - ABF, ABH - ABM.
--- SNF11690 Aerial Photograph: TF8316 A-C,E,F-M,N-Z, AF-AP,AQ-AW.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.

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Newton by Castle Acre (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

May 26 2025 10:09PM