NHER 51964 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of a possible ring ditch

February 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of a possible ring ditch, potentially representing the remains of a Bronze Age barrow are visible on aerial photographs to the west of the River Tas (S1-S2). The site is centred on TG 2345 0445. This ring ditch may have formed part of a cemetery (NHER 51965) that overlooks the river and is located approximately 650m to the south of the hengiform monument and possible mortuary and/or ceremonial enclosure at Markshall (NHER 9582-3) and these form part of a wider group of ceremonial and funerary monuments focused on the confluence of the Rivers Tas and Yare. The line of the barrows are located in-between the 5m and 10m contours, overlooking the Tas valley to the east.
The possible ring ditch is incomplete and is only visible as one third of a possible circular feature. The ring ditch, if complete, would have been approximately 26m in diameter. There is possible a sunken area in the what would have been the centre of the ring, however cropmark may be of geological origin and have not been mapped.
S. Horlock (NMP), 27 February 2009.