NHER 4988 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Soilmarks of unknown date, possibly prehistoric or Roman

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Summary

A possible ring ditch and three further ditches of an unknown date are seen as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The possible ring ditch may relate to a former possible Bronze Age barrow or a possible Neolithic hengiform monument. There is a high concentration of cropmarks which relate to geological and agricultural features surrounding the possible ring ditch and ditches. It is therefore possible that the ring ditch and the ditches may be geological or agricultural in origin.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL79SE
Civil Parish MUNDFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Pre 1951. Stray Find.
The pebble macehead previously recorded under this number is now recorded under NHER 58801.
H. Hamilton (HES), 20 January 2021.

1967. Air Photo Interpretation.
Soil marks seen from air photographs in informant's [1] possession covering an area about 30 feet by 30 feet (9.1m x 9.1m).
The marks are located in the field immediately to the east of a known Roman inhumation cemetery (NHER 4981) where at least 7 burials were excavated in 1963.
Information from record card (S1).
W. Milligan (NCM). Amended H. Hamilton (HES), 20 January 2021.

March 2019. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A possible ring ditch and three further ditches of an unknown date are seen as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S3). The possible ring ditch may relate to a former possible Bronze Age barrow or a possible Neolithic hengiform monument. There is a high concentration of cropmarks which relate to geological and agricultural features surrounding the possible ring ditch and ditches. It is therefore possible that the ring ditch and the ditches may be geological or agricultural in origin.
The mapped extent of this site has been moved significantly to the northwest, approximately 215m from its previous position [1]. This places the site immediately west of the inhumation cemetery (NHER 4981).
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 5 March 2019.

  • <S1> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Mundford.
  • <S2> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S3>XY Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/106G/UK/369 RP 3070-3071 08-JUN-1945 (HEA Original Print). [Mapped feature: #64861 Extent of cropmarks based on aerial photographs., ENF145328]

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Record last edited

Jan 20 2021 7:00PM

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