NHER 29471 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age ring ditch/round barrow
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
22 June 1975. OS aerial photography.
Positive cropmarks.
Ring ditch. One of a pair with NHER 35573.
D. Voisey (NAU) 1 March 1995.
29 June 1989, 25 July 1991. NLA aerial photography.
Ring ditch.
M. Flitcroft (NLA).
Note proximity to Bronze Age spearhead site NHER 4795.
1946. RAF aerial photograph shows barrow as an earthwork with ditch, a stream forming a tangent to northern edge.
1998. visit confirmed feature as about 25m diameter circular, flat topped mound of about 0.2m height. Roughly 4m wide ditch 0.1/0.2 deep of darker soil.
NLA air photograph shows distinct causewayed entrance on south flank, still seen on ground.
One sherd pottery on eastern flank.
Identified by A.Rogerson (NLA) and S.Percival (NAU) as probably Bronze Age.
B. Cushion (NLA) 15 June 1998.
Associated Sources (3)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- POT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
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Record last edited
Jul 5 2016 10:55AM