NHER 8313 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age ring ditches/round barrows

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Summary

Aerial photographs taken in 1956-57 and 1974 show the cropmarks of two ring ditches at this location. It is possible that both of these ring ditches represent Bronze Age round barrows.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG32SE
Civil Parish STALHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1956-57.
St Joseph Aerial Photographs, 5 November 1931.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

?Ring ditch and rectangle.
E. Rose (NAU).

August 2004. Norfolk NMP.
The grid reference for these cropmarks has been changed from TG 3708 2495 to TG 3705 2498.
Cropmarks of two ring ditches, probably Bronze Age round barrows, are visible on aerial photographs (S1-2). One ring ditch is complete with a 17m diameter. The second ring ditch, located 22m to the southeast (centre to centre), is incomplete, with only its southwest half visible. It also has a diameter of 17m. It is possible that both of these ring ditches represent Bronze Age round barrows. Other cropmarks visible in this area are recorded as (NHER 38749).
See (S1-2).
J. Albone (NMP) 23 August 2004.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Stalham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1957. NHER TG 3725J (CUCAP VU31) 18-JUL-1957.
  • <S2> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1974. NHER TG 3725A-B (NLA 5/ABF4-5) 20-JUN-1974.

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Record last edited

Feb 22 2022 9:10AM

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