Record Details

NHER Number:1989
Type of record:Cropmark and Earthwork
Name:Crabb's Castle, possible round barrow

Summary

An oval pit, six to eight metres deep and about forty metres long and thirty wide. At the bottom of the pit is a mound which is possibly a Bronze Age round barrow. The whole area is covered in shrubs and trees, and is infested with rabbits.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 8121 3412
Map Sheet:TF83SW
Parish:BAGTHORPE WITH BARMER, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

The name "Crabb's Castle" is elsewhere used for a barrow. It is therefore possible that there may have been a round barrow at this location.
Information from HER Record Card (S1)
E.Rose (NAU).

March 1991. Field Observation.
Situated some 500m north-east of Barmer Church.
The site consists of an oval pit approx. 6-8m deep, measuring approximately 40m north-to-south, 30m east-to-west. In bottom of pit there is a mound rising from centre towards west. The whole is covered in scrub, and supports old yew and deciduous trees. Banks are infested with rabbits.
See site visit notes (S2) for for further details.
H. Paterson (NAU), 3 March 1991.

Monument Types

  • ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S2>Unpublished Document: Paterson, H.. Site visit notes.

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