Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2292 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bronze Age round barrows |
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Summary
This is the site of two Bronze Age round barrows, on an area of former heath. A fragment of Beaker pottery was found on one of the barrows.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 776 221 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF72SE |
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| Parish: | GREAT MASSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Two barrows, context 1 at TF 7774 2228 and context 2 at TF 7774 2215, on former heath, 13.7m (15 yards) apart.
Small fragment of 'A' beaker found in rabbit scrape on one of them.
No sign in ploughed field.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 8 February 1974.
Monument Types
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- ROUND BARROW (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
Associated Finds
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: HW 26. |
| --- | Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. No 539. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 72 SE 5. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: East Anglian Archaeology. East Anglian Archaeology. Vol XII. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Massingham (Great). |
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