NHER 38662 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of Neolithic to Iron Age enclosures and ditches

June 2004, Norfolk NMP.
A possible curvilinear enclosure is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 2153 3771. Its morphology, topographical setting and proximity to other prehistoric ceremonial and funerary monuments as well as probable Iron Age to Romano-British field systems, suggest that it dates to the prehistoric (i.e. Neolithic to Iron Age) period. The fact that its north-eastern and south-western halves do not join up, and that the south-western half appears to join a linear ditch which extends beyond the end of the enclosure, suggests that it is not a ring ditch which surrounded a former barrow. Rather, it is likely to have been an enclosure which performed some kind of agricultural, domestic, industrial or ceremonial function. It should be noted, however, that the cropmarks are not particularly clear, and are visible on only one set of aerial photographs. The archaeological origin and significance of the cropmarks is therefore uncertain.

The enclosure is defined by a narrow ditch. It is sub-circular in shape and measures approximately 28m in diameter. The cropmarks are not clear enough to tell whether any of the breaks in the ditch define genuine entrances.
(S1)
S. Tremlett (NMP), 10 June 2004.