NHER 7888 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Cropmarks of probable Bronze Age round barrow
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG11SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | COSTESSEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1959. St Joseph aerial photography.
Ring ditch.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Clarke's siting at TG 720 1139 incorrect - correct siting as above.
E. Rose (NAU).
Reversal mark in cereal crop.
D. Edwards (NAU), 27 January 1980.
No sign in young cereal, though ideally sited on knoll.
A. J. Lawson (NAU), 9 December 1976.
18 July 1996. NLA aerial photography.
Ring ditch visible, but is irregular not circular.
M. Brennand (NLA), 3 December 2001.
The central grid reference for this site has been altered from TG 1716 1137 to TG 1719 1138.
September 2010. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of a ring ditch, probably representing the remains of Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on aerial photographs to the north of the River Tud at Costessey (S1-S3). The ring ditch, which is centred on TG 1719 1138, has a narrow ditch and is sub-circular, almost polygonal, in shape and measures 32m in diameter. The barrow, along another 80m to the west (NHER7887), is located on the lower slopes of the valley for the River Tud.
S. Horlock (NMP), 12 September 2010.
September 2025. Record reviewed as part of the Forestry Commission Project K
The ring ditch which probably represents the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, mapped by the NMP survey (see above), is also visible as a cropmark on Google Earth and APGB imagery from 2022 (S5 and S6).
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 10 September 2025
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Costessey.
- --- 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. TG 11 SE 34.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF77584 Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1959. NHER 1711A-C (CUCAP ZP82-4) 04-JUL-1959.
- <S2> SNF77585 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1990. OS/90224 047-8 31-JUL-1990 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF50191 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. NHER TG 1711D-K (NLA 371/HRZ1-7) 18-JUL-1996.
- <S4> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 14-JUL-2022 Accessed 10-SEP-2025.
- <S5> 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 TG1711 10-AUG-2022.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 30 2025 9:50AM