Record Details
| NHER Number: | 56103 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery, Weasenham Heath |
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Summary
Barrow cemetery predominantly located on the former Weasenham Heath originally comprising over 20 barrows and an oval enclosure. Numerous Neolithic and Bronze Age finds have also been discovered within the landscape.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 85 19 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF81NE |
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| Parish: | LITCHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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| WEASENHAM ALL SAINTS, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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| WELLINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
September 2011.
Barrow cemetery predominantly located on the former Weasenham Heath.
Currently 12 barrows are extant, many in woodland with some retained in arable fields or surviving as slight earthworks. A further six have been completely levelled through ploughing and two on Weasenham Lyngs were totally excavated in the 1970s. An additional eight or nine ring ditches have been identified within the area from aerial photographs (see individual monument records). Eleven of the barrows are currently scheduled.
An oval earthwork enclosure (NHER 3661) was located close to the barrows on Weasenham Lyngs and was also partially excavated in the 1970s although its function remains unclear.
Numerous Neolithic and Bronze Age finds have also been discovered within the landscape.
K.Powell (HES), 7 September 2011.
Monument Types
- BARROW CEMETERY (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources - none
Related records
| 3656 | Parent of: Black Hill Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 25446 | Parent of: Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 25447 | Parent of: Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 25448 | Parent of: Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 25648 | Parent of: Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 3654 | Parent of: Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 3655 | Parent of: Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 3657 | Parent of: Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 3688 | Parent of: Bronze Age barrow north of Litcham Heath (Monument) |
| 11282 | Parent of: Bronze Age barrow northwest of Lodge Farm (Monument) |
| 3701 | Parent of: Bronze Age round barrow (Monument) |
| 3658 | Parent of: Great Barrow, Weasenham Lyngs (Monument) |
| 3661 | Parent of: Neolithic to Bronze Age enclosure and finds (Monument) |
| 3702 | Parent of: Possible Bronze Age round barrow (Monument) |
| 15400 | Parent of: Probable Bronze Age ring ditch (Monument) |
| 3659 | Parent of: Site of Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 3662 | Parent of: Site of Bronze Age barrow (Monument) |
| 3660 | Parent of: Site of Bronze Age barrow, possible Roman cremation, and multi-period finds (Monument) |
| 11592 | Parent of: Site of round barrow (Monument) |
| 3696 | Parent of: Site of round barrow (Monument) |
| 36147 | Parent of: Three or four undated ring ditches (Monument) |
| 4071 | Parent of: Three probable Bronze Age ring ditches (Monument) |
| 36137 | Parent of: Two undated ring ditches (Monument) |