NHER 7244 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible site of Bronze Age round barrow

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Summary

The site of a possible Bronze Age round barrow was observed as the low earthwork of a mound during a site visit in 1951. A ring ditch is visible at this location as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Visualised lidar data, from a survey flown in 2017, indicates that the mound appears to have been levelled.

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Map sheet	TF91NW
Civil Parish	BEESTON WITH BITTERING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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October 1951.
Slight mound visible
Noted by R. R. Clarke (NCM).

January 1976.
Ring ditch on (S1) and (S2).
No sign in ploughed field
A. Lawson (NAU), 16 January 1976.

26 June 1996. NLA air photography.
Ring ditch visible.
(S3).
S. Massey (NLA), 24 September 2001.

September 2023. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
The ring ditch described above, which probably marks the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S4-S5). There is no evidence of a surviving mound on the consulted visualised lidar data, from a survey flown in 2017 (S6).
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 27 September 2023.

Associated Sources (9)

--- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Beeston with Bittering.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 91 NW 8 [2].
<S1> SNF56769 Aerial Photograph: 1951. CP 089 TF 9216-R.
<S2> SNF10468 Aerial Photograph: 1951. CP 088 TF 9216-Q.
<S3> SNF49931 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TF 9216K - P.
<S4> SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF9216/Q-R 24-JUN-1949 (CUCAP CP88-89).
<S5> SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF9216/K-P 26-JUN-1996 (NLA 364/HKB20-24).
<S6> SNF101413 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF91NW DTM 1m 17 to 24-NOV-2017.

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Beeston with Bittering (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Sep 27 2023 2:47PM