NHER 43416 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Earthwork 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 the earthwork of a mound on visualised lidar data and as the cropmarks of a ring ditch on aerial photographs. It is located at the head of a small dry valley at approximately 24m OD. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently (2018), it is likely that the earthwork of the mound still survives.

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Location

Map sheet TF73NW
Civil Parish SEDGEFORD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A cropmark of a ring ditch of possible Bronze Age date is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). This cropmark is located at TF 7072 3731. The ring ditch is circular in plan with a narrow ditch and outer bank. The external diameter of the ditch and bank are 13m and 17m respectively. It is possible that this ring ditch is of Bronze Age date and that it relates to a round barrow. It is unusual for the outer bank around the ring ditch to show as a cropmark, but the presence of these is known from earthwork round barrows. The ring ditch is located at the head of a small dry valley at approximately 24m OD.
J. Albone (NMP), 17 March 2006.

July 2025. Northwest Norfolk Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AI&M) Project (volunteer strand).
A small mound is visible as an earthwork on visualised lidar data (S3) at the same approximate location as the cropmarks of a probable Bronze Age round barrow described above. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently it is likely that the mound still survives as an earthwork.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 15 July 2025.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/402 4140-1 18-JUN-1945 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1967. OS/67069 76-7 26-APR-1967 (NMR).
  • <S3> LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF73NW DTM 1m 13-NOV-2018.

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Record last edited

Apr 30 2026 12:42PM

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