NHER 51180 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible Bronze Age ring ditch and enclosure

Previously recorded under NHER 17230. The enclosure previously recorded under this number is now NHER 50857.

31 July 1977. NAU air photography (S1).
A ring ditch is visible as a cropmark in aerial photographs.
D. Edwards (NAU), 18 March 1981.

Two further (dubious) ring ditches and an enclosure are also visible in the photographs.
D. Edwards (NAU), 18 March 1981.

24 July 1992. NLA air photography (S2).
A large ring ditch with a linear intersecting it through the centre is visible in aerial photographs.
This feature may be part of the previously recorded enclosure.
S. Massey (NLA), 22 February 2001.

Grid reference corrected from original [1].
M. Horlock (NLA), 27 March 2003.

A rare medieval coin and a Late Saxon box mount [NHER 17230] have been recovered from this field.
H. Hamilton (NLA), 24 January 2008.

The central grid reference has been altered from TG 00260 20124 to TG 0025 2015.

February 2008. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of a ring ditch, probably representing the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on aerial photographs to the south of the Billingford Road, North Elmham (S1-S2). The site is centred on TG 0025 2015 and is located on the lowlying land in-between the River Wensum and the Black Water channel. This low-lying setting is relatively unusual for a barrow, although other examples are known from alongside the River Wensum to the east. This site sits on the end of a spur of sand and gravel that projects into the clays and silts of valley floor.
The ring ditch measures 24m in diameter with a relatively broad ditch, 1.5 to 2.5m wide. The ring ditch is bisected by a drainage channel.
S. Massey (NMP), 14 February 2008.