Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9195 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Bronze Age barrows on Buckenham Common |
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Summary
Traces of Bronze Age barrows were recorded in the 19th century on Buckenham Common but no trace of them can be seen now.
Images - none
Location
Full description
1815.
'Fine barrow on Common c.1/2 mile east of castle'.
1857.
Gone, but traces of others on common.
See (S1).
18 December 1934.
Couldn't find them.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
11 February 1976.
No mounds on common.
A.J. Lawson (NAU) despite what is written in (S2).
E. Rose (NAU).
Monument Types
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | 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. Buckenham (New). |
| <S1> | Publication: Harrod. Castles and Convents. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1913. Norfolk Barrows. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 416-423. p 420. |
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