Record Details
| NHER Number: | 22261 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bronze Age round barrow at Leaselands Wood |
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Summary
In January 1986 a large round barrow was found to the north of the wood. An archaeological site visit confirmed this monument to be of Bronze Age date. Unfortunately the large barrow had been damaged by quarrying and young pollarded birch and beech trees were found growing on the summit.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1579 2701 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG12NE |
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| Parish: | OULTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
January 1986. Just within and on north side of wood known as the Leaselands.
Large mound.
Discovered by [1] during fieldwork on Blickling Estate.
Site visited by J. J. Wymer (NAU) 25 February 1986 and identification as barrow confirmed.
N.B. no previous record of this earthwork.
Round barrow 28m diameter, 3m high. Trace of ditch up to 0.3m deep on east side and partly on south, about 3m wide. Mound is mutilated on west side by quarrying into side, presumably for gravel. Further shallow diggings exist immediately south of barrow. Upcast from quarry in side of mound appears to cover trace of ditch. Large oak tree
(possibly 200 years old) near summit of mound on west side, also tall mature holly. Also on mound young pollarded birch and beech trees.
J. J. Wymer (NAU) 27 February 1986.
Photos (S1) in file.
Monument Types
- ROUND 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. |
| --- | Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 2008. Blickling Estate, An Archaeological and Historical Landscape Survey. NAU Archaeology. 1399. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| <S1> | Photograph: CXP7-8. |
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