Record Details
| NHER Number: | 50593 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Bronze Age round barrow earthwork |
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Summary
An earthwork of a mound is visible on aerial photographs. It is possible that it is a Bronze Age round barrow, but it has also been interpreted as a natural feature or medieval rabbit warren mound. This earthwork has been destroyed by quarrying.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6630 1979 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61NE |
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| Parish: | BAWSEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
May 1984.
A smaller irregular mound located to the 30m west of a Bronze Age barrow (NHER 16286) was investigated; may have been medieval warren or natural.
See (S1) in file for NHER 16286.
E. Rose (NAU) 15 October 1984.
September 2007. ALSF NHER Enhancement Sub-Unit D.
The Bronze Age barrow is recorded as NHER 16286.
M. Dennis (NLA) 21 September 2007.
January 2008. Norfolk NMP
An earthwork of a circular mound, possibly a Bronze Age round barrow, is visible on aerial photographs (S2-S8). This mound was previously recorded as part of NHER 16286. It is most clearly visible on (S3) and has a sub-circular plan with a diameter of approximately 22m. A single archaeological trench was excavated through this mound in 1984 at the same time as the adjacent round barrow (NHER 16286) was excavated (S1). On the basis of that trench it was concluded that this mound was either natural in origin or possibly related to a medieval rabbit warren. Examination of its form on the aerial photographs, along with its position and proximity to the other barrow, strongly suggests that this was possibly a second Bronze Age round barrow. Subsequent use of the mound as part of a medieval rabbit warren cannot be dismissed. Since the limited excavation in 1984 sand quarrying has destroyed the site making it impossible to confirm any interpretation of this feature.
J. Albone (NMP), 31 January 2008
Monument Types
- MOUND? (Unknown date)
- NATURAL FEATURE? (Unknown date)
- ROUND BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- RABBIT WARREN? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Fiche: Exists. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Wymer, J. 1984. Excavation of the Bawsey Barrow 1984 Summary Report. NARG News. No 38 pp 1-6. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/100 5111-2 30-MAR-1946 (NHER TF 6519A / TF 6619A). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1961. MAL 61504 96487-9 29-OCT-1961 (NMR). |
| <S4> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1984. NHER TF 6619A-D (NLA 151/SLIDE) 27-JUN-1984. |
| <S5> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1984. NHER TF 6619H (NLA 152/AXG7) 05-JUL-1984. |
| <S6> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1984. NHER TF 6619K (NLA 156/AXG9) 19-JUL-1984. |
| <S7> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Wallis, K.. 1984. NHER TF 6619U-AA (WALLIS/AYA1-2) 20-AUG-1984. |
| <S8> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Wallis, K.. 1984. NHER TF 6619AB (WALLIS/AYA10) 20-AUG-1984. |
Related records
| 16286 | Related to: Bronze Age round barrow, burial and cremations (Monument) |