Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4557 |
|---|
| Type of record: | Monument |
|---|
| Name: | Cowell Stone |
|---|
Summary
Cowell Stone is a large stone used as a boundary marker. The stone is locally reputed to date from the Bronze Age.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7672 0954 |
|---|
| Map Sheet: | TF70NE |
|---|
| Parish: | BEACHAMWELL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
|---|
| NARBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
|---|
| SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
|---|
Full description
Large erratic used as boundary mark.
22 August 1979. Visited by E. Rose (NAU)
Set at junction of three parishes and near crossing of east to west Roman road with Icknield Way. Apparently recently dug out of bank of latter it lies in a small crater. Differential weathering suggests it used to be set upright.
E. Rose (NAU)
26 November 1981.
Stone has been set in a base of flints and cement (without being set up the right way) and has a cast iron notice by it
stating that it is a 'waymark' set up in the Bronze Age and now used as a 'boundry' (sic). The name Cowell is noted as a local surname in medieval charters, but may also derive from 'doule', a boundary mark.
E. Rose (NAU)
Notice since altered.
E. Rose (NAU)
Before 1924
W. G. Clarke found 'a fine button scraper' beside the stone. See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 25 June 1982.
See [1] and Photographs (S2).
A. Beckham (HES), 26 August 2020.
Monument Types
- BOUNDARY MARKER (Unknown date)
- STONE (Undated)
Associated Finds
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: Atkinson, J. 2020. Photographs of the Cowell Stone, Beachamwell. Digital. jpeg. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Thetford and Watton Times. 1981. Bronze Age sign re-emerges…. 20 November. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Photograph: BZM 24. |
| <S1> | Publication: Clarke, W.G.. The Icknield Way. |
Related records - none
Find out more...