Record Details
| NHER Number: | 11592 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of round barrow |
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Summary
This is the site of a round barrow, visible on aerial photography and on the ground in 1976. The barrow had a diameter of aproximately 40m, and was around 0.7m high. The earthwork was still visible in 1983, but by 1988 it had been levelled.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 8650 2024 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF82SE |
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| Parish: | WELLINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Much reduced round barrow, 40m diameter, 70cm high, in stubble field. Seen previously on RAF/Ordnance Survey aerial photograph.
Compiled by A. J. Lawson (NAU), 27 September 1976.
10 November 1983.
Circular earthwork, probably a degraded barrow, around 0.70m high.
Compiled by J. J. Wymer (NAU).
25 January 1988.
No longer visible, presumably levelled. No north-to-south division across field though still two different crops.
Compiled by J. J. Wymer (NAU).
Monument Types
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished Report: Wymer, J. 1988. A Further Report on the Condition of Barrows in the County and the Question of their Preservation. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: RAF. RAF AP 3250. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Photograph: CXW 7. |
Related records
| 56103 | Part of: Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery, Weasenham Heath (Landscape) |
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