NHER 16651 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmark of probable Bronze Age round barrow

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Summary

A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photography from 1979 and 1992. This ring ditch forms part of a linear barrow cemetery that extends to its southwest and northeast.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG33SW
Civil Parish WITTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

17 July 1979.
Cropmark of ring ditch.
Plotted on overlay by D. Edwards (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 28 October 1980.

January 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch, probably a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S1-2). The grid reference for this cropmark has been adjusted to TG 3292 3236 from TG 3391 3235. The ring ditch is sub-circular in plan with an external diameter of 14.5m. Its ditch is less than 1m wide resulting in an internal measurement of approximately 13.5m. This barrow is located on a small knoll and forms part of a linear barrow cemetery. A group of four further ring ditches are located 360m to its southwest (NHER 39221) and a long barrow lies 75m to the northeast (NHER 16652).
(S1-2)
J. Albone (NMP), 17 January 2005

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1979. NHER TG 3332ABE (NLA 73/AMS14) 17-JUL-1979.
  • <S2> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1992. NHER TG 3332ABL-ABN (NLA 302/GJT8-10) 03-JUN-1992.

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Record last edited

Mar 7 2012 5:17PM

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