Record Details
NHER Number: | 3666 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Bronze Age bowl barrow on Massingham Common |
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Summary
This is one of two Bronze Age bowl barrows on Massingham Common, which is now visible as a slight earthwork.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TF 8045 2078 |
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Map Sheet: | TF82SW |
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Parish: | GREAT MASSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Tumulus on Massingham Common.
Marked on Ordnance Survey as 'Tumulus, remains of' in ploughed field, south edge shown on Ordnance Survey as in bank.
No traces.
R. R. Clarke (NCM) 15 June 1936
November 1959.
'Slight hump in hedge and rise in ground'.
See (S1).
M. W. Thompson
March 1976.
No sign on edge of plantation.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 16 March 1976.
(S2) in file.
1991.
Definite rise in hedge line still noted adjacent to farm track.
H. Paterson (A&E) 1991
Monument Types
- BOWL BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
--- | Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1913. Norfolk Barrows. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 416-423. p 420. |
--- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 82 SW 2. |
--- | 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 - Bronze Age. Massingham. |
--- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
--- | Designation: English Heritage. 1994? -2011?. English Heritage Digital Designation Record. Record. DNF427. |
<S1> | Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF427. |
<S2> | Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF427. |
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