NHER 12836 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Earthwork and cropmark of probable Bronze Age round barrow

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Summary

The site of a probable Bronze Age round barrow is visible as the earthwork of a mound on visualised lidar data and as the cropmark of a ring ditch on aerial photographs. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently (2018), it is likely that the earthwork of the mound still survives.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF73NW
Civil Parish RINGSTEAD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1976.
Ring ditch cut by pipe trench.
Located E. Rose 14 September 1977.

March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S3). The central grid reference for this cropmark has been adjusted from TF 7038 3892 to TF 7037 3893. The ring ditch is circular in plan with a 6.5m wide ditch and an external diameter of 39m. It is likely that it is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. It is located at the top of a northwest facing slope at approximately 51m OD. The aerial photographs clearly show a cropmark of a water pipe trench cutting across the ring ditch on a northwest to southeast alignment.
J. Albone (NMP), 17 March 2006

July 2025. Northwest Norfolk Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AI&M) Project (volunteer strand).
A small mound is visible as an earthwork on visualised lidar data (S4) at the same location as the cropmark of a probable Bronze Age round barrow described above. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently it is likely that the earthwork still survives.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 22 July 2025.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1976. NHER TG 7038A-B (NLA 26/AEQ16-7) 24-JUN-1976.
  • <S2> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1990. NHER TG 7038C-E (NLA 264/GAR12-4) 19-JUN-1990.
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1967. OS/67069 79-80 26-APR-1967 (NMR).
  • <S4> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF73NW DTM 1m 13-NOV-2018.

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Record last edited

Apr 30 2026 2:58PM

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