NHER 52319 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of a possible ring ditch, Chapel Hill

March 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of a possible ring ditch, potentially represent the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on aerial photographs (S1) to the northeast of Chapel Hill, Caistor St Edmunds. The ring ditch is centred on TG 2302 0493 and is 19.5m in diameter, the southern portion not visible. This possible ring ditch is visible on the edge of the aerial photograph, therefore making confident identification of the cropmarks hard, and it is within an area of geological cropmarks, so there remains a possibility that the cropmarks are also derived form underlying non-archaeological deposits. However given the context of the site within close proximity to the several other significant barrow groups (NHER 51966, 53403) and the Arminghall and Markshall henges (NHER 6100, 9582), it is likely that this also represents the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow. The ring ditch is located on the slopes of Chapel Hill, which forms a promontory overlooking the confluence of the Rivers Yare and Tas and the concentration of late Neolithic and Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary monuments.
S. Horlock (NMP), 23 March 2009.