Monument record BRD 316 - Possible mound or ring bank of unknown date

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Summary

A possible mound or ring bank of unknown date is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and on imagery from a 2015 lidar survey. Its appearance varies depending on which source is looked at; it appears more mound-like on 1940s aerial photographs, but more like a ring-bank or crescent-shaped mound on the lidar imagery. Its date and function is not known; it could feasibly be the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, but it could equally be of more recent and/or natural origin.

Location

Grid reference	Not recorded
Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	BRANDON, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Type and Period (5)

Full Description

February 2018. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The possible mound or ring bank described below was previously recorded as part of SHER BRD 213.
A possible mound or ring bank of unknown date is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1-S3) and on imagery from a 2015 lidar survey (S4). Its appearance varies depending on which source is looked at; it appears more mound-like on 1940s aerial photographs, but more like a ring-bank or crescent-shaped mound on the lidar imagery. Its date and function is not known; it could feasibly be the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, but it could equally be of more recent and/or natural origin. It is crossed by the earthwork of a post medieval boundary (not mapped) shown on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch (S5). Given the recent date of the lidar survey it is likely that the earthwork still survives.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 9th February 2018.

Sources/Archives (5)

<S1> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/59 V 5213-5214 05-FEB-1946 (HEA Original Print).
<S2> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/CPE/UK/2021 RS 4061-4062 21-APR-1947 (HEA Original Print).
<S3> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/82/1204 F21 0011-0012 02-JUN-1955 (HEA Original Print).
<S4> SSF55747 LIDAR Airborne Survey: LIDAR airborne survey. LIDAR Wangford Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).
<S5> SSX55043 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map. Ordnance Survey 1st edition 6 inch map.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Interpretation: Map Sheets TL78NE/78SE/77NE/88NW/88SW/88SE/87NW/87NE, Mapping Block 2: 'Brecks from Above' Air Photo Mapping Project and Breckland NMP Project (ESF25814)

Record last edited

Feb 23 2018 4:51PM