NHER 61999 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Small circular enclosure or possible mound, of possible Bronze Age or post-medieval date
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL88NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
December 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A small circular enclosure of unknown date is visible as an earthwork on imagery from a lidar survey flown in 2015 (S1). It is undated, but it could be a post-medieval enclosure, perhaps related to warrening; other, similar enclosures have been recorded in the vicinity. However, the earthworks almost look like a circular platform, rather than a clearly defined enclosure, and they could instead represent the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow. The earthworks lie within the northern corner of a larger, rectilinear enclosure (NHER 62077) which is likely to be of post-medieval date, but it is not known whether they are contemporary. It also overlaps with areas of ridging and associated boundaries (NHER 62123), also thought to be of post-medieval date, but the earthworks are too low and poorly defined for the relationship between them to be discerned.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 20 December 2017.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF94129 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Thetford Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (7)
- MOUND? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)
- ROUND BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- MOUND? (Unknown date)
- CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Feb 19 2021 2:45PM