Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7370 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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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 9590 |
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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.
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.
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. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch.. |
| <S2> | Archive: Bolingbroke Collection. |
| <S3> | Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF482. |
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