Record Details
| NHER Number: | 33619 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Bronze Age barrow in Big Wood |
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Summary
An irregular oval mound in Big Wood was identified during a Rapid Earthwork Identification Survey. This has been interpreted as a possible Bronze Age barrow. Big Wood was once within West Harling Park, and therefore the mound may also have been a landscaped garden feature.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 9746 8474 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL98SE |
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| Parish: | HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
February 1998. Walkover Survey.
Rapid Earthwork Identification Survey (Compartment 8011).
Mound, irregular oval, 20 x 30m, 0.6m high, depressions or eroded paths on top. Round barrow? Formerly in West Harling Park.
See report (S1) for further details.
E. Rose (NLA), 3 June 1998. Updated by S. Howard (HES), 2 September 2011.
Monument Types
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Pendleton, C. and Sommers, M. 1998. Rapid Earthwork Identification Survey. Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. 98/25. |
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