Record Details
| NHER Number: | 61975 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | The earthworks of a possible Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
The earthworks of a low semi-circular mound and encircling ditch, potentially representing the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, may be visible on the 0.5m resolution Lidar data. This mound is located in close proximity to other barrows (eg. NHER 33315 & 61974), forming part of a much wider dispersed cemetery landscape group (NHER 61484) in this area.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 7799 9007 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL79SE |
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| Parish: | WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
February 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The earthworks of a low semi-circular mound and encircling ditch, potentially representing the remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, may be visible on the 0.5m resolution Lidar data (S1).
The mound is 19m across and has an outer ditch, more so to the west are apparent.
This mound is located in close proximity to other barrows (eg. NHER 33315 & 61974), forming part of a much wider dispersed cemetery landscape group (NHER 61484) in this area.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 24 February2017.
Monument Types
- 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> | 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
| 61484 | Part of: Large dispersed Bronze Age barrow cemetery landscape (Landscape) |
| 61574 | Related to: The earthworks of a possible Neolithic or Bronze Age round barrow (Monument) |