Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2307 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
This is the site of a Bronze Age round barrow. Prehistoric flints were found on the site in 1947.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7750 2092 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF72SE |
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| Parish: | GREAT MASSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Possible tumulus.
About 6.1m (20 ft) diameter, 38cm to 50cm (15 to 20 inches) high, concentration of flints on it.
I. J. Thatcher, 11 April 1947.
No sign of definite barrow in ploughed field.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 8 February 1974.
This barrow is likely to form part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery (NHER 55865), which includes five other barrows.
A. Cattermole (HES), 25 July 2011.
August 2011. Field visit.
No earthwork/barrow present.
A primary flint flake was found on the surface of the sutbble field.
See (S1).
D. Robertson (HES), 23 August 2011.
Monument Types
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Massingham. |
| <S1> | Archive: HES. HLS Consultation file. |
Related records
| 55865 | Part of: Bronze Age barrow cemetery, Massingham Heath (Landscape) |
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