NHER 45030 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of possible Bronze Age barrow

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Summary

The cropmarks of a ring ditch, possibly the remains of a Bronze Age barrow, are visible on aerial photographs to the west of The Walk, Aldeby. This possible barrow may form part of a barrow group or cemetery with a number of round barrows and larger, more hengiform, circular monuments to the west (NHER 45028-9,45032), see NHER 49687 for details.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM49SE
Civil Parish ALDEBY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1977-1980. Aerial Photography and Air Photo Interpretation.
Identified in Norfolk Archaeological Unit aerial reconnaissance (S4).
Cropmarks of several ring ditches (NHER 49687, NHER 45032, NHER 45028, NHER 45029, NHER 45030), enclosures (NHER 45018) and possible Roman temple (NHER 45036).
These features were originally recorded under NHER 12137, but were separated into the records noted above in 2006. This record now details the Roman Temple.
A crop mark plot was compiled for this area ( See drawing (S5) and slide (S6)), and and was published in East Anglian Archaeology (S7) to accompany a summary of the site.
Information is recorded in HER Record Card for NHER 12137 (S1) and is repeated in Ordnance Survey Record Cards (S2) and HER Record Notes (S3).
Amended H. Hamilton (HES), 14 January 2025.

July 2001. Air Photo Interpretation.
Examination of NLA air photography dated 02 July 1996 (S8).
Cropmarks of three ring ditches (NHER 45032), Roman temple site (NHER 45036) and rectilinear enclosures (NHER 45018) all still visible. Large example double ringed hengiform monument.
These features were previously recorded under NHER 12137.
S. Massey (NLA), 23 July 2001. Amended H. Hamilton (HES), 14 January 2025.

September 2006. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of a ring ditch, possibly the remains of a Bronze Age barrow, are visible on aerial photographs to the west of The Walk, Aldeby (S9-S10). The site is centred on TM 4501 9376. This possible barrow may form part of a barrow group or cemetery with a number of round barrows and larger, more hengiform, circular monuments to the west (NHER 45028-9,45032), see NHER 49687 for details. The ring ditch is 20m in diameter and has two breaks in the ditch circuit. These may be due to breaks in the cropmark response due to the soils or agricultural conditions.
S. Massey (NMP), 01 September 2006.

  • <S1> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHER 12137.
  • <S10> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TM 4593Z (NLA 44/AHS14) 06-JUL-1977.
  • <S2> Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 49 SE 13 [2].
  • <S3> Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. NHER 12137.
  • <S4> Aerial Photograph: TM 4593C-AA, AQ-AY, ABC, ABE, ABG-ABH.
  • <S5> Drawing: Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1978. Plan of cropmark evidence of a possible Roman Temple and ring ditches at Aldeby.
  • <S6> Slide: Various. Slide. NHER 12137 - 1983 plan of cropmarks.
  • <S7> Article in Monograph: Edwards, D.. 1978. The Air Photographs Collection of the Norfolk Archaeological Unit: Third Report. East Anglian Archaeology. No 8 pp 87-105. pp 94, 100; fig 49; Pl XXVIII.
  • <S8> Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TM 4593ABJ - ABM.
  • <S9> Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1976. CUCAP (BYB4-7) 24-JUN-1976.

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Record last edited

Jan 14 2025 3:18PM

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