NHER 11755 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of a probable Bronze Age ring ditch

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Summary

An undated ring ditch is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. It is probably the remains of a Bronze Age barrow. It may also be recorded as site NHER 3754.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF71NW
Civil Parish EAST WALTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

RAF air photography.
Ring ditch on 100ft contour.
A. Lawson (NAU), 28 October 1976.

Very probably the site of the barrow entered under NHER 3754.

19 April 1976. Ordnance Survey air photography.
Soilmarks. Ring ditch.
D. Voisey (NAU), 25 January 1995.

July 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
A low mound is visible on recent Environment Agency lidar (S5). This is centered approximately 43m to the southwest of the mapped location of the cropmark. The location of this record has been updated accordingly.
H. Hamilton (HES), 20 July 2026.

  • <S1> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S2> Aerial Photograph: RAF. RAF AP.
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1970. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Ordnance Survey Vertical Collection. 76-019/108-110; xx-xxx-1976.
  • <S4> Article in Serial: Whyte, N.. 2003. The after-life of barrows; prehistoric monuments in the Norfolk landscape.. Landscape History. Vol 25, pp 5-17. pp 5-16.
  • <S5> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF71NW DTM 1m 13-NOV-2018 TO 17-NOV-2018.

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Record last edited

Jul 20 2026 9:03PM

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