Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3171 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Geological feature at Candlestick Hill |
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Summary
Candlestick Hill is a natural gravel hill that has been interpreted in the past as a Bronze Age barrow.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 048 389 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG03NW |
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| Parish: | LETHERINGSETT WITH GLANDFORD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Alleged as barrow in (S1) and (S2) and on 1st edition 1 inch Ordnance Survey map 1838 (S3).
[1] believes it is clearly a natural glacial hill of gravel
[2] suggests a kame.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Too large for a barrow. Fern covered.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), 23 January 1976.
(S4) suggests name is derived from Kendle's Dyke.
See [3].
A.J. Lawson (NAU), 27 August 1982.
July 2002.
Completely masked by bracken with isolated scrubby trees, surrounded by arable. Neighbouring land owner at Bayfield Hall agrees with NHER that this is a glacial feature, of which there are others in the area.
H. Paterson (A&E), 16 July 2002.
Monument Types
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- (Former Type) BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 03 NW 3. |
| --- | 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. Letheringsett. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1913. Norfolk Barrows. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 416-423. p 420. |
| <S2> | Publication: Clarke, W.G.. MS 129. |
| <S3> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch.. |
| <S4> | Correspondence: 1919. Correspondence regarding Kendle's Dyke. 24 September 1919. |
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