NHER 21827 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of a probable Bronze Age round barrow
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF73SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BIRCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
3 July 1976. At approximate grid reference.
'Cropmarks' noted on Cambridge University Committee for Aerial Photography list of aerial photographs.
E.Rose (NAU) 22 October 1985.
27 November 1985.
Above reported cropmarks found to be one ring ditch at corrected NGR.
See (S3).
D. Edwards (NAU) 6 December 1985.
Grid reference confirmed.
E. Rose (NAU) 7 December 1988.
June 2025. Northwest Norfolk Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AI&M) Project.
A low earthwork mound and a cropmark ring ditch (see above), most likely associated with the site of a Bronze Age round barrow are visible on visualised lidar data (S5) and aerial photographs (S1-S4 and S6). As the lidar was flown relatively recently (2018) it is likely that the low mound still survives as an earthwork.
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 26 June 2025.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/106G/UK/402 RP 3020-3021 18-JUN-1945.
- <S2> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/58/2399 V1 0008-0009 01-APR-195.
- <S3> SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF7634/A; 30-JUN-1976 (CUCAP /(CUCAP)BYX 24).
- <S4> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. OS/73013 V 096-097 07-MAR-1973.
- <S5> SNF101413 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF73SE DTM 1m 13-NOV-2018.
- <S6> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 25-JUN-2023 Accessed 14-APR-2025.
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Record last edited
Oct 13 2025 10:54AM