Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6105 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
This round barrow stands approximately 50cm tall and is 47m in diameter. The barrow is said to have been dug in 1932 and is also thought to have been excavated at an earlier date. A human skull was ploughed out of the barrow in 1971.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 9845 8487 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL98SE |
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| Parish: | HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Barrow. Site of. Said to have been dug by H. Apling in 1932 but to have been rifled previously. Not visited by R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Clarke's information transcribed by T.H.Mck. Clough (NCM).
1971.
Human skull ploughed up on site of barrow, shows in field as chalky mark, not ploughed any deeper in 1971 than previously.
T.H.Mck. Clough (NCM).
47m diameter, 50cm high. Dark centre. In ploughed field, cut by hedge on east.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), 12 February 1976.
1983.
Under plough but still 0.50m high.
J.J. Wymer (NAU).
1987.
Under beet.
J.J. Wymer (NAU).
April 1988.
Agreed with P. Walker (HBMC) should be scheduled.
J.J. Wymer (NAU).
Barrow remains in arable field, cut by hedge. Ploughing depth 23cm (9 inches). No deeper cultivation envisaged.
H. Paterson (A&E), 22 March 1996.
Monument Types
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished Report: Wymer, J. 1988. A Further Report on the Condition of Barrows in the County and the Question of their Preservation. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TL8884A-B. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 98 SE 2 [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Harling. |
| --- | Photograph: CXR 15, EMD 9. |
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