Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7370 |
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| Type of record: | Cropmark and Earthwork |
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| Name: | Mill Hill possible Bronze Age barrow, Keymer's Corner |
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Summary
A possible Bronze Age barrow, standing as a grass-covered mound about a metre high. A windmill is said to have stood on the mound in the 19th century.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 8992 9589 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL89NE |
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| Parish: | TOTTINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
?Bowl barrow.
Marked on 1st edition Ordnance Survey (S1) (1838).
About 1880 to 90, windmill stood on this mound (the pre-existing).
Made of sand and gravel, as seen from depression in centre.
R. R. Clarke (NCM), 10 April 1935.
Unknown date.
Included in the Shedule of Ancient Monuments as county number 50.
Short Description of Monument and its condition:
"Round barrow, grass covered, in arable field, about 5/12 mile, N.E. of the church.
About 40 years ago a mill stood on this mound. IT is too high to plough and is in no damage of destruction."
Information from Ancient Monuments Form (S3).
H. Hamilton (HES), 21 February 2023.
27m in diameter, 2m high, covered in elders on fallow field on 25 November 1975.
Ring of ferns suggest outer ditch 3 to 4m wide?
A. J. Lawson (NAU).
'The great tumulus near Tottington church has been dug by the Archaeological Society'. Information from Bolingbroke Collection (S2).
E. Rose (NAU).
However Mr H. Apling can find no record of a mill here in late 19th century.
E. Rose (NAU), 24 March 1982.
D. Sherlock 1985 October, says NOT SCHEDULED despite issued form; but to be considered for scheduling.
E. Rose (NAU), 28 October 1985.
Ancient Monument description (S3) in file.
October 1988.
As before; good condition. Small grass covered mound in fork of road at Keymers Corner 1m high is confusing but probably not a barrow.
J. Wymer.
April 2016. Scheduled.
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S4) for the current listing details.
H. Hamilton (HES), 21 February 2023.
Monument Types
- DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- WINDMILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WINDMILL MOUND (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: RE 24. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TL8995H. |
| --- | Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1913. Norfolk Barrows. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 416-423. p 422. |
| --- | Publication: Clarke, W. G. 1925. In Breckland Wilds. First Edition. p 186. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 89 NE 9. |
| --- | 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. Tottington. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| <S1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition. |
| <S2> | Archive: Bolingbroke family. 1300's-1960. Bolingbroke Collection. Norfolk Record Office. |
| <S3> | Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF482. |
| <S4> | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 430744. |
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