Record Details
| NHER Number: | 43777 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Former earthworks of a possible Neolithic/Bronze Age long barrow |
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Summary
An earthwork of a mound, possibly a barrow of Neolithic or Bronze Age date, is visible on aerial photographs. The earthwork comprised of an elongated oval mound that measured 11.5m by 5.5m in size. The mound was positioned on a roughly southwest to northeast axis, similar to, and approximately in line with the Neolithic long barrow to the southwest (NHER 10597). Surrounding the mound on the northwest, northeast and southeast sides was a low bank earthwork. The mound is reminiscent of Neolithic long barrows but is rather too small to definitely be identified as such. It had been completely destroyed by quarrying by 1967.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 3453 9136 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM39SW |
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| Parish: | BROOME, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
June 2006. Norfolk NMP.
An earthwork of a mound, possibly a barrow of Neolithic or Bronze Age date, is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S3). This earthwork was located on Broome Heath at TM 3454 9136. The earthwork comprised of an elongated oval mound that measured 11.5m by 5.5m in size. The mound was positioned on a roughly southwest to northeast axis, similar to, and approximately in line with the Neolithic long barrow to the southwest (NHER 10597). Surrounding the mound on the northwest, northeast and southeast sides was a low bank earthwork. This earthwork does not readily fit with a clearly defined monument type. Although the mound is reminiscent of Neolithic long barrows it is possibly too small to be included in this category. Although Bronze Age round barrows sometimes have outer banks, the form of the central mound is more elongated than would usually be expected for this type of monument. However, it is possible that it is a round barrow that had previously been disturbed. Although the date and function of this earthwork is uncertain, its spatial relationship to the long barrow, facing towards it but slightly off of its axis, makes it tempting to suggest a Neolithic or Bronze Age origin. The earthwork had been completely destroyed by quarrying by 1967 (S4).
J. Albone (NMP), 18 July 2006.
Monument Types
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- LONG BARROW (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- OVAL BARROW? (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- ROUND BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/930 4092-3 16-OCT-1945 (NHER TM 3392A / TM 3491A). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1716 3093-4 06-SEP-1946 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Aerofilms. NHER TM 3491AA (Aerofilms/CM703). |
| <S4> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1967. OS/67056 157-8 24-APR-1967 (NMR). |
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