NHER 5788 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of ring ditch

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Summary

The cropmarks of a probable Bronze Age round barrow are visible on aerial photographs located on the 50m terrace of the river Bure. The site consists of two concentric ring ditches, that are slightly oval in shape. Large possible pit-like features that were also visible within the interior of the ring ditches were not mapped, due to uncertainty over the archaeological origin of the cropmarks.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG22SE
Civil Parish COLTISHALL, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Double concentric ring ditch on 50m terrace of the river Bure.
Site first recorded by D. A. Edwards (NAU), Flight 14, 7th August 1975, NAU aerial photgraphy.
D. A. Edwards (NAU), 22 October 1975.

However site was first reported in the 1960s.
Grid reference corrected by J. Bown (NAU), 14 November 1980.
See (S1).

November 2008. NBIC Northeast Norwich Scoring Project.
This ring ditch is in close proximity to several other ring ditches. This group includes NHER 5789, NHER 36338, NHER 36339, NHER 36346, NHER 36473, NHER 36725, NHER 36726, NHER 36727, NHER 36728, and outlying NHER 11672.
There is an area of more dispersed ring ditches and prehistoric monuments northwest of RAF Coltishall. These include NHER 12786, NHER 31742, NHER 36471, and NHER 36750 as well as a possible Neolithic causewayed enclosure (NHER 7690).
H. Hamilton (NLA), 20 November 2008.

March 2012.
The cropmarks of a probable Bronze Age round barrow are visible on aerial photographs (S1). The site is centred on TG 2640 2171. The site consists of two concentric ring ditches, that are slightly oval in shape. Large possible pit-like features that were also visible on (S1) within the interior of the ring ditches were not mapped, due to uncertainty over the archaeological origin of the cropmarks.
S. Horlock (HES), 05 March 2012.

  • --- Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D. (NLA). 1974. NHER TG 2621A-E (NLA ACX1-5) 07-AUG-1974.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 22 SE 13.
  • <S1> Article in Monograph: Edwards, D. 1976. The Air Photographs Collection of the Norfolk Archaeological Unit.. Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 2 pp 251-269.

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Record last edited

Jul 14 2018 2:08PM

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