Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2716 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bowl barrow 480m northwest of Rowley Farm |
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Summary
This is the site of a Bronze Age round barrow. Flint flakes have been found within it.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 8181 0381 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF80SW |
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| Parish: | COCKLEY CLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Bronze Age barrow.
Northwest of Ten Acre Plantation under plough with wire fence over centre.
No detailed locality notes, 32m diameter, about 91cm high.
R. R. Clarke (NCM) 22 January 1953.
16 September 1983. On mound of barrow, ploughed gravelly surface planted with lucerne.
18 coarse unpatinated flint flakes, Neolithic/Bronze Age type.
Identified J. J. Wymer (NAU) 20 September 1983.
April 2004. Scheduled.
Scheduling description:
The monument includes the remains of a bowl barrow located on a north east facing slope above Cockleycley Warren, 480m north west of Rowley Farm. The barrow is situated in the northern part of the Breckland region of south west Norfolk.
The barrow is visible as an earthern mound measuring approximately 32m in diameter and standing 0.8m high.
All fence posts are excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath them is included.
Information from (S1) and (S2).
H. Mellor (HES), 22 June 2018.
October 2007.
Section 17 management agreement renewed. See (S3).
D. Robertson (NLA), 17 October 2007.
Monument Types
- BOWL BARROW (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument
- Management Statement
- Higher Level Stewardship
- SHINE
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished Report: Wymer, J. 1988. A Further Report on the Condition of Barrows in the County and the Question of their Preservation. |
| --- | 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. Cockley Cley. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| --- | Photograph: EMD 14. |
| <S1> | Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF585. |
| <S2> | Designation: English Heritage. 1994? -2011?. English Heritage Digital Designation Record. Record. DNF585. |
| <S3> | Unpublished Document: Norfolk County Council. 2007-2008. Section 17 Management Agreement. |
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