NHER 68100 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF81NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KEMPSTONE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
March 2024. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
Six ring ditches, most likely relating to the site of Bronze Age round barrows (NHER 11689, 11690, 68097, 68098, 68099 and 68101) and a possible pond barrow (NHER 11690), are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (S2-S8). Three of the ring ditches (NHER 11690, 68097 and 68098) are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 (S1). The features are subsequently levelled and are visible as cropmarks on later aerial photographs (S2-S8). The ring ditches most likely form a Bronze Age barrow cemetery.
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 19 March 2024.
Associated Sources (8)
- <S1> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51 V 5220-5521 31-JAN-1946.
- <S2> SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF8716/AC-AD 10-JUL-1990 (NLA 270/GCR14-15).
- <S3> SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF8716/AE 10-JUL-1990 (NLA 270/GCS1).
- <S4> SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF8716/AL-AP 19-JUL-1996 (NLA 374/JAM5-8).
- <S5> SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF8716/AW-AX XX-SEP-2003 (Mike Page).
- <S6> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 15-MAR-2024.
- <S7> SNF100592 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd and Getmapping Plc. unknown. Aerial Photography for Great Britain (APGB) Orthophotographs. https://www.apgb.co.uk. Bluesky International Ltd APGB Imagery TF8716 & TF8816 17-JUL-2022.
- <S8> SNF86192 Vertical Aerial Photograph: DigitalGlobe. unknown. Bing Maps Aerial View Orthophotographs. http://www.bing.com/maps (Aerial Option). Accessed 18-MAR-2024.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (6)
- Geographical: NHER 68101 - Parent of: Cropmarks of a possible Bronze Age ring ditch (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 11689 - Parent of: Site of a Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 68097 - Parent of: Site of a Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 68098 - Parent of: Site of a Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 68099 - Parent of: Site of a Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 11690 - Parent of: Site of a Bronze Age round or pond barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
Record last edited
Sep 5 2025 4:12PM