NHER 55853 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Ring ditch, probable Bronze Age barrow

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Summary

A ring ditch, probably the remains of a Bronze Age barrow, is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It forms part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery (NHER 55861).

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TF71NW
Civil Parish	GAYTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Previously recorded under NHER 11294.

19 April 1976. Ordnance Survey air photography.
Positive cropmarks/soilmarks. Ring ditch.
See (S1), (S2) and (S3).
D. Voisey (NLA), 23 January 1995.

16 March 1975. Field observation.
Ring ditch not visible on the ground.
A. Lawson (NAU), 16 March 1975.

1975.
All 'rings' have slight surface depressions, they would appear to be infilled chalk pits.
Information from (S4).
R. J. Rickett, 24 March 1990.

29 October 1976. RAF air photographs and on other air photographs.
Group of ten ring ditches forming a circle.
Information from A. Lawson (NAU), correcting earlier card (S4).

11 September 2006.
Google Earth shows a number of possible ring ditches.
See (S5) for further details.
D. Lefeuvre (NLA), 20 September 2010.

This ring ditch is also visible on (S6) - (S10).
It forms part of a barrow cemetery (NHER 55861).
A. Cattermole (HES), 25 July 2011.

Associated Sources (10)

<S1> SNF47870 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1976. OS 76-019-048.
<S10> SNF49549 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. NHER TF 7319ADC-AND (NLA 344/GYY6-13,GYZ1-3) 27-JUL-1994..
<S2> SNF47871 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1976. OS 76-019-049.
<S3> SNF47872 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1976. OS 76-019-050.
<S4> SNF94190 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Records / Pastscape.
<S5> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 11-SEPT-2006 Accessed 20-SEP-2010.
<S6> SNF81013 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.. 1976. NHER TF 7319A-L (NLA 35/AGQ3-5, AGQ7-8, AGR19-24) 27-JUL-1976..
<S7> SNF81015 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.. 1992. NHER TF 7319AM-ABA (NLA 310/GLK13, GLK15, GLL1-11) 10-JUL-1992.
<S8> SNF81019 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1989. NHER TF 7319ABN-ACD (NLA 241/DNM14-15, DNN1-14) 17-JUL-1989..
<S9> SNF81018 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.. 1989. NHER TF 7319ACE-ACZ (NLA 242/DQR7-15,DQS1-11) 19-JUL-1989..

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

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Related NHER Records (1)

Geographical: NHER 55861 - Part of: Probable Bronze Age barrow cemetery (Landscape)

Record last edited

Aug 24 2023 4:13PM