Record Details
| NHER Number: | 58031 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Probable Bronze Age barrow cemetery |
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Summary
A probable Bronze Age barrow cemetery, comprising the earthworks of five circular mounds, presumed to be round barrows. These have been identified on the ground and are also visible on aerial photographs.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 8700 9327 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL89SE |
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| Parish: | STURSTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
September 2012. Aerial Photograph Interpretation.
A probable Bronze Age barrow cemetery, comprising the earthworks of five circular mounds, presumed to be round barrows. These have been identified on the ground (see individual records for NHER 8305-9), and are also visible on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TL 8699 9331. The fact that they are likely to represent a cemetery (assuming that their interpretation as Bronze Age round barrows is correct) was identified during an aerial photographic assessment and mapping project. The latter was undertaken primarily to provide more accurate locational data for the barrows, for use by the Norfolk Monuments Management Programme and other stakeholders.
The cemetery is dispersed across a broadly triangular area measuring approximately 325m east to west and 546m north to south. There is no obvious pattern to the siting of the barrows, but there are clear differences in the size of individual mounds.
See report (S3) for further details.
S. Tremlett (NHES), 19 September 2012.
Monument Types
- BARROW CEMETERY (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument
- Scheduled Monument
Sources and further reading
| --- | Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF389. |
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK59 5038-40 05-FEB-1946 (NHER TL 8793D, A-B). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS. 1988. BKS 8586-7 06-AUG-1988 (NCC 1783-4). |
| <S3> | Unpublished Report: Tremlett, S. 2012. Barrow Group SM 326, Waterloo Farm, Sturston, STANTA. Results of an Aerial Photographic Assessment and Mapping Project. |
Related records
| 8305 | Parent of: Probable Bronze Age round barrow (Barrow A), northeast of Waterloo Farm, Sturston (Monument) |
| 8306 | Parent of: Probable Bronze Age round barrow (Barrow B), northeast of Waterloo Farm, Sturston (Monument) |
| 8307 | Parent of: Probable Bronze Age round barrow (Barrow C), northeast of Waterloo Farm, Sturston (Monument) |
| 8308 | Parent of: Probable Bronze Age round barrow (Barrow D), northeast of Waterloo Farm, Sturston (Monument) |
| 8309 | Parent of: Probable Bronze Age round barrow (Barrow E), northeast of Waterloo Farm, Sturston (Monument) |