NHER 35536 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Earthwork, soilmarks and cropmarks of probable Bronze Age round barrow

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Summary

The site of a probable Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a low earthwork, soilmarks and cropmarks on visualised lidar data and aerial photographs. It is one of two probable round barrows located in this field; the other, NHER 35537, is located 66m to the north. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently (2018), it is likely that the earthwork of the mound still survives.

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Map sheet	TF83NE
Civil Parish	BURNHAM THORPE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1946. RAF air photography.

27 May 1974. Ordnance Survey air photography.
Positive cropmarks.
Two ring ditches. (S1) shows the northern most barrow clearer than (S2).
D. Voisey (NLA), 18 December 1995.

October 2025. Northwest Norfolk Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AI&M) Project.
The site of the probable Bronze Age round barrow described above is visible as a low earthwork, soilmarks and cropmarks on visualised lidar data (S3) and aerial photographs (S4-S5). Only the mound is visible as an earthwork. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently, it is likely that the earthwork still survives. Note that the second (northernmost) ring ditch described above refers to NHER 35537, located 66m to the north.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 17 October 2025.

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF48239 Aerial Photograph: RAF. RAF 1946 TF 8539C.
<S2> SNF48238 Aerial Photograph: OS 74-079-124.
<S3> SNF101413 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF83NE DTM 1m 13-NOV-2018.
<S4> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. MAL/67028 V 075-076 16-APR-1967.
<S5> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. OS/74079 V 124-125 27-MAY-1974.

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Burnham Thorpe (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Apr 23 2026 12:53PM