NHER 15808 (Monument record) - Cropmarks of enclosures and ring ditches
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL59NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORDELPH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Formerly in Upwell parish.
Pre 1970.
Irregular enclosures under grass.
See (S1).
(S2) says no earthworks there in 1978 and nothing on OS air photographs.
E. Rose (NAU) 28 February 1980.
19 July 1984. NAU air photographs.
Very faint linear marks, could be associated with above enclosures, but could also be agricultural or natural (noted E.
Rose). Also four ring ditches; not plottable because not enough reference points.
Noted by S. Newman (NAU), July 1985.
October 1990.
Area extended to take in cropmarks of ring ditches and trackway.
These may be cultivated marks.
S. Norton and E. Rose (NAU), 10 October 1990.
Ring ditches now plotted.
S. Norton (NAU), 31 October 1990
17 July 1990. NAU air photography.
Area extended to take in semi- circular ditch - possibly an enclosure and 2 more ring ditches to south and east.
D. Edwards (NLA)
January 2012
Cropmarks of at least 14 ring ditches are visible on aerial photographs indicating this is likely to be a Bronze Age barrow cemetery. Two further ring ditches are included under HER number 36718.
K. Powell (HES), 23 January 2012
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF50448 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TL 5399AC - AD; TL 5299AP - AV.
- --- SNF13108 Aerial Photograph: TL 5399T-V, TL5299 A,Y, TL 5399, Z,AA.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF2441 Monograph: Phillips, C.W. (ed.). 1970. The Fenland in Roman Times: studies of a major area of peasant colonization with a gazetteer covering all known sites and finds.. Royal Geographical Society Research Series. No 5, pp 231-3.
- <S2> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 59 NW 1.1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (10)
- ENCLOSURE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- SITE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Unknown date)
- ENCLOSURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- RING DITCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Jun 22 2016 2:14PM