Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8873 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Forehoe Hills, Bronze Age barrows and medieval moot in Forehoe Wood |
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Summary
Four Bronze Age bowl barrows visible as earthwork mounds. During the medieval period the barrows were used as the moot or meeting place of the court of Forehoe Hundred.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 081 054 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG00NE |
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| Parish: | CARLETON FOREHOE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| KIMBERLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Forehoe Hills.
Four mounds, ?all barrows, south of Watton to Norwich road.
Meeting place for Forehoe Hundred.
Trees felled 1933.
'Four Hill Wood' on (S1).
Information taken from (S6).
Barrow A, Context 1 at TG 0819 0552.
29m (32 paces) diameter, 76cm (2' 6") high, flat topped, no visible ditch, possibly dug, tree covered, much overgrown. Could not identify with certainty B, C, or D.
R.R. Clarke (NCM), 30 October 1936.
C cut into on southwest by pit.
B = context 2 at TG 0814 0550.
C = context 3 at TG 0809 0458.
D = context 4 at TG 0805 0545.
Only context 1 and context 3 scheduled.
See (S2), (S3) and (S4).
Context 1, 28m diameter, 1m high, covered in trees in wood.
Context 2, 26m diameter, 2m high, covered in trees.
Context 3, 19m, 1m high covered in trees west of pit, but spot where context 4 marked, no trace of context 4.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), 16 January 1976.
September 1983.
Mounds Context 1 and Context 2 no change.
Context 3 and Context 4 could not find in undergrowth.
J. Wymer (NAU).
Barrow A free of bracken and scrub, supports mature holly. Some old animal burrows.
Barrow B covered in bracken and mature conifer, one small tree uprooted.
Barrow C also covered in bracken and conifer. Brush cut when necessary for shooting.
Forest Authority may advise some felling of mature trees.
H. Paterson (A&E), 23 April 1997.
November 1999.
Visit to assess damage after tree removal. Minor.
Report in file.
H. Paterson (A&E).
(S5) in file.
Spring 2000.
Part photo record (slides).
D. Gurney (NLA), 28 November 2001.
March 2003.
Scheduled area amended.
M. Horlock (NLA), 26 August 2003.
Monument Types
- BOWL BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- MOOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF342. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: H. Paterson (A&E), MPP. Section 17 Management Agreement. |
| --- | Article in Serial: Whyte, N.. 2003. The after-life of barrows; prehistoric monuments in the Norfolk landscape.. Landscape History. Vol 25, pp 5-17. pp 5-16. |
| --- | 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. Kimberly. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| --- | Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF342. |
| --- | Designation: English Heritage. 1994? -2011?. English Heritage Digital Designation Record. Record. DNF342. |
| <S1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch.. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1913. Norfolk Barrows. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 416-423. p 419. |
| <S3> | Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1805-1810. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Volume Unknown. |
| <S4> | Publication: Grinsell, L.V.. 1953. The Ancient Burial Mounds of England. p.66. p 66. |
| <S5> | Designation: Corbishley, M.J.. 1983. AM107. |
| <S6> | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 00 NE 3a. |
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