Record Details
NHER Number: | 2308 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Possible Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
This is the site of a possible Bronze Age round barrow which was first noted in 1947.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TF 7763 2088 |
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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.
Noted by I. J. Thatcher, 11 April 1947.
No sign of definite tumulus 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.
D. Robertson (HES), 23 August 2011.
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. |
--- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Massingham. |
Related records
55865 | Part of: Bronze Age barrow cemetery, Massingham Heath (Landscape) |
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