Record Details
| NHER Number: | 13900 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible site of Bronze Age barrow |
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Summary
In about 1974 a possible barrow was seen here. However, a visit to the site in 1977 showed that the location was covered by modern housing and that no trace of the barrow survived.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 647 235 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF62SW |
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| Parish: | SOUTH WOOTTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Around 1974. Field observation.
Possible barrow seen by informant and pupil.
April 1977. Field observation.
Could not be found, probably destroyed by housing.
A. J. Lawson (NAU), April 1977.
July 1988. Field observation.
Housing now all over area, no obvious mound in gardens.
J. Wymer (NAU), 15 July 1988.
Nothing is marked at this location on early Ordnance Survey maps of the area or on the North Wootton Tithe map (S1).
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 1 May 2019.
Monument Types
- BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Map: Newton and Woodrow. 1838. North Wootton Tithe Map. |
Related records - none
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