Record Details
NHER Number: | 61985 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | The earthworks of a Neolithic and/or Bronze Age round barrow(s) |
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Summary
The earthworks of a mound or mounds, possibly representing Neolithic and/or Bronze Age barrow(s), are visible on the 0.5m resolution Lidar data. This monument, along with NHER 29253, 33412, 61982-4, and 62025 form a barrow cemetery (NHER 61986) – 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
Grid Reference: | TL 7914 9095 |
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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 mound or mounds, possibly representing Neolithic and/or Bronze Age barrow(s), are visible on the 0.5m resolution Lidar data (S1). This monument, along with NHER 29253, 33412, 61982-4, and 62025 form a barrow cemetery (NHER 61986) – which is itself located in close proximity to numerous other barrows, forming a dispersed cemetery landscape group (NHER 61484) in this area.
The earthworks somewhat indistinct on lidar data. A low oval mound 25m by 22m can possibly be discerned, however a much more distinct circular mound appears to sit on top of this within the north eastern corner. This may represent a later internment or phase of mound augmentation. Feasibly this could be a Neolithic oval barrow with a Bronze Age addition, alternatively it may relate to vegetation or spoil from more recent activity. Traces of an outer ditch are visible, in particular to the south. A similar sequence has been suggested for nearby NHER 29253.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 24 February 2017.
Monument Types
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- MOUND (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC?)
- OVAL BARROW? (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 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 Lynford Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial). |
Related records
61986 | Part of: Bronze Age round barrow cemetery (Monument) |
29253 | Related to: Bronze Age round barrow, Lord Bradford's Plantation (Monument) |
33412 | Related to: Earthworks of a Bronze Age round barrow (Monument) |
61982 | Related to: The earthworks of a probable Bronze Age round barrow (Monument) |
62025 | Related to: The earthworks of a probable Bronze Age round barrow (Monument) |
61984 | Related to: The earthworks of a probable Bronze Age round barrow (Monument) |
61983 | Related to: The earthworks of an embanked enclosure and mound, possible Bronze Age round barrow (Monument) |