Record Details
| NHER Number: | 33455 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
A low earthwork mound, thought to be a Bronze Age round barrow, was identified during a rapid survey in 1998. The earthworks of this barrow and surrounding banks and ditches, are on aerial photographs from 1946 and the 0.5m resolution Lidar data. This barrow, along with NHER 4992, NHER 33456, NHER 33457, plus two other newly identified possible mounds (NHER 61496 and NHER 61497) form a small barrow cemetery (NHER 61495), which is itself located in close proximity to numerous other barrows, forming a dispersed cemetery landscape group (NHER 61484) in this area.
Images - none
Location
Full description
February 1998. Walkover Survey.
Rapid Earthwork Identification Survey in advance of destumping/felling (Compartment 6064).
Mound I:
Low mound, probable barrow, about 0.60m high, 20m across on north edge of recently felled area.
One of a group of four, see NHER 4992, NHER 33456, and NHER 33457.
See report (S1) for further details.
D. Gurney (NLA) 18 February 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 August 2015.
September 2016. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The earthworks of this barrow are on aerial photographs from 1946 (S2) and the 0.5m resolution Lidar data (S3) [1].
The mound is 21m in diameter and traces of two concentric ring ditches surrounding it are visible on the lidar (S3) – the largest being 35m in diameter. The remains of a possible outer bank appear to be visible in 1946 (S2), although it is possible that this is actually a recent vegetation mark or relates to twentieth century activity at the site, as it appears quite well-defined and ‘fresh’ when compared with the other earthworks. Parts of it appear to survive on the lidar. The ‘bank’ also appears to sit on top of the projected line of one of the ring ditches, again suggesting it may be more recent. Further investigation on the ground is required.
This barrow, along with NHER 4992, NHER 33456, NHER 33457, plus two other newly identified possible mounds (NHER 61496 and NHER 61497) form a small barrow cemetery (NHER 61495), which is itself located in close proximity to numerous other barrows, forming a dispersed cemetery landscape group (NHER 61484) in this area.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 29 September 2016.
Monument Types
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- MOUND (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Pendleton, C. and Sommers, M. 1998. Rapid Earthwork Identification Survey. Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. 98/25. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/59 V 5119-5120 05-FEB-1946 (HEA Original Print). |
| <S3> | LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Weeting Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial). |
Related records
| 61495 | Part of: The site of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery (Monument) |
| 33456 | Related to: Bronze Age round barrow (Monument) |
| 33457 | Related to: Bronze Age round barrow (Monument) |
| 4992 | Related to: Bronze Age round barrow in Lynroad Covert (Monument) |
| 61496 | Related to: The site of a possible Bronze Age round barrow (Monument) |
| 61497 | Related to: The site of a possible Bronze Age round barrow (Monument) |
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