Record Details

NHER Number:39426
Type of record:Monument
Name:Probable Bronze Age barrow, Salthouse Heath

Summary

Field observations in 2003 noted a mound, probably a Bronze Age barrow, on the edge of woodland.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 07500 41836
Map Sheet:TG04SE
Parish:SALTHOUSE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

May 2003. Field observation.
Grid reference obtained by GPS.
Good grassed mound/barrow on edge of woodland.
This is a similar position to a barrow marked on Bolding's map of 1850 (S1) (information from S. Massey, Norfolk NMP).
D. Gurney (NLA), 18 June 2003.

Monument Types

  • MOUND (Unknown date)
  • BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

<S1>Map: Bolding, W.J.J.. c.1850. Map of Barrows on Salthouse Heath.. East Anglian Archaeology. Vol 12, plate XI.

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