Record Details

NHER Number:11287
Type of record:Monument
Name:Bronze Age bowl barrow

Summary

A Bronze Age bowl barrow is visible as an earthwork.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 8333 2504
Map Sheet:TF82NW
Parish:WEST RUDHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Possible barrow about 18m diameter, 1m high, grassed on heath.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 27 January 1974.

15 November1983.
Low bracken covered mound barely discernable on heath.
J. Wymer (NAU).

Under bracken, difficult to assess dimensions.
H. Paterson (A&E) February 1991.

3 November 2003. Visit.
Barrow still obscured by bracken and oak saplings.
Possible clearance under Section 17 Agreement or Countryside Stewardship Scheme.
H. Paterson (A&E), 17 November 2003.

Monument Types

  • MOUND (Unknown date)
  • BOWL BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument
  • Higher Level Stewardship

Sources and further reading

---Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF130.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Photograph: CXX 2, HW 2-3.
---Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF130.
---Designation: Department Of The Environment. 1882-1984?. Department of the Environment Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF130.
---Designation: English Heritage. 1994? -2011?. English Heritage Digital Designation Record. Record. DNF130.

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