Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7380 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bronze Age round barrow on Lowster Hill |
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Summary
A round barrow standing about 1.7m high with a surrounding ditch.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 9016 9658 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL99NW |
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| Parish: | TOTTINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1971.
Barrow with ditch on Lowster Hill reported. 23m in diameter, about 1.7m high, with hint of a ditch about 5m wide. Covered in trees in a wood.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), 25 November 1975.
Locally known as Gloucester Hill.
Schedule sheet (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NAU).
September 1983.
In wood covered by young trees, nettles and deadwood, but otherwise no change. Clear ditch. Star post but out of bounds to troops anyway.
J. J. Wymer (NAU).
2000-2002. Woodland Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey.
Lowster Hill. Management Unit F, Site 38:
Round barrow. Recent clearance of vegetation cover has left ruts of vehicle tracks up to 0.2 meters deep on lower flanks of mound. At top, close to 'star of David' sign is a 3m by 2m (approximately) depression partially infilled with vegetation. This looks to be a trench!
See report (S2) for further details.
B. Cushion, 24 July 2000. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 May 2015.
October 2003. Visit.
Some coppice regrowth, this will be cut back when necessary. Grass to be kept in good condition by cutting.
H. Paterson (A&E), 19 February 2004.
Monument Types
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 99 NW 11 [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Lawson, A. J., Martin, E., Priddy, D. and Taylor, A. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. East Anglian Archaeology. No 12. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Tottington. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Designation: Department Of The Environment. 1882-1984?. Department of the Environment Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF434. |
| <S1> | Designation: English Heritage. Scheduling Report. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Cushion, B. 2002. STANTA ILMP Woodland Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey. Brian Cushion Archaeological & Cartographical Surveyor. |
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