Record Details
| NHER Number: | 5059 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
A Bronze Age round barrow is marked here on the 1st edition one inch Ordnance Survey map made in 1836. The mound of the barrow can still be seen in the wood. It is around 20 to 30m in diameter. A Roman carnelian intaglio depicting the goddess Minerva, Roman coins and an onyx may have been found here.
Images - none
Location
Full description
Tumulus marked on (S1). East end of 'The Furze', just west of Peddars Way. Not certainly identified but perhaps 11m diameter and 0.5m high beneath undergrowth in wood.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), 25 November 1975.
R.R. Clarke (NCM) suggests site of Roman Gem (carnelian intaglio of Minerva) found in alleged barrow 1.2m (4 feet) down with Roman coins and onyx by T. Barton.
See (S2) and (S3).
(S4) records as found in 1851 but no mention of barrow. There is an impression of the gem on the back cover of (S5).
E. Rose (NAU).
April 1984.
Much spread, diameter now more like 20 to 30m.
J. Wymer (NAU), April 1984.
Monument Types
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- GEMSTONE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: RESTRICTED: TL8998A, B, C, D, E, F, G. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 89 NE 8. |
| --- | 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. Cressingham (Little). |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Cressingham (Little). |
| <S1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch.. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: 1852. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol III pp 415-427. p 422. |
| <S3> | Monograph: Rye, W.. An Index to Norfolk Topography.. 2. p 501. |
| <S4> | Documentary Source: Various. Additional drawings, engravings, etc. collected by Dawson Turner to illustrate Blomefield's "History of Norfolk"; 1846-1857. Add MS 23053-23062. Vol IX; f.44 (Add MS 23061). |
| <S5> | Publication: 1834. Woodward Correspondance. |
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