NHER 6027 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of possible Bronze Age ring ditch

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Summary

A circular banked enclosure could be seen here in 1952. Iron Age pottery has been recovered from the site. The earthworks can no longer be identified. However, cropmarks of a possible Bronze Age ring ditch are visible at this location on aerial photographs from recent years. It is located in close proximity to a second possible ring ditch or oval barrow which contains the possible remnant of a mound (NHER 57418). Possible field boundaries are also visible within this field (NHER 57419).

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL98NE
Civil Parish HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

1952. In marsh about 500m (1/3 mile) east of Micklemoor Hill.
Circular embanked enclosure.

Iron Age A1 pottery obtained from it by C.H. Lewton-Braine.
See (S1) and (S2).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

Site visited by Ordnance Survey and found to be under crop. No longer meadow. No surface trace of site or finds.
Information from (S3).
M.D. Leah (NAU), 18 January 1991.

August 2012. Norfolk NMP.
Cropmarks of a possible Bronze Age ring ditch are visible on aerial photographs (S4-S5) to the south of the River Thet at Middle Harling. It is located in close proximity to a second possible ring ditch or oval barrow which contains the possible remnant of a mound (NHER 57418). Possible field boundaries are also visible within this field (NHER 57419).
The site is centred on TL9808 8584. It consists of a circular ditch, which measures approximately 23m in external diameter, 19m in internal diameter, and a maximum of approximately 2.5m in width. Within this ditch there is a possibility that a former mound existed. The possible mound measures approximately 12m in diameter, with a possible berm between the ditch and mound which varies in width from 3.5m to 4.5m. It is possible that this feature represents a former Bronze Age round barrow, but has been recorded with a hint of caution, as it is only visible on photographs from recent years.
E. Bales (NMP), 28 August 2012.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Harling (West).
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: Clark, J. G. D. and Fell. C. I. 1953. The Early Iron Age site at Micklemore Hill, West Harling, Norfolk, and its Pottery. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol XIX Pt 1 pp 1-40. p 38.
  • <S2> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 19. [unknown]. 27 October.
  • <S3> Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 98 NE 13 [2].
  • <S4> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 18-SEP-2012.
  • <S5> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 03-AUG-2007 Accessed 18-SEP-2012.
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

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Feb 22 2021 1:38PM

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