Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1050 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Bronze Age round barrows |
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Summary
The site of Bronze Age round barrows, ring ditches and an undated enclosure. In 1976 four round barrows survived as low mounds. By 1993 these, and an undated enclosure, were visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. An Early Saxon cemetery at the site is recorded as NHER 44367.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9525 2962 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF92NE |
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| Parish: | KETTLESTONE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
THE ARTEFACTS AND AN EARLY SAXON CEMETERY FORMERLY PART OF THIS RECORD ARE NOW RECORDED AS NHER 44367.
Barrows formerly on site, ring ditches on NAU aerial photographs etc.
See file for cropmark plots (S1).
1982. Southeast corner of site scheduled.
Schedule (S2) in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 15 February 1982.
29 June 1993. NLA air photography.
Three ring ditches (contexts 1-3) clearly visible, including central cut features. Enclosing ditch (context 4) detected, no sign of southern extent.
To the south of these features a large negative cropmark is apparent, having the appearance of a round pit, similar in size to central pit of context 3.
S. Massey (NLA), 30 January 2001.
Monument Types
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- SITE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: VV26-28. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TF9529 A,AEW-AEY,AGA,AGC-AGD,AGT-AGZ. |
| --- | Serial: 1974. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1974. No 21. p 5. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TF 9529 AJE-AJG, AJJ. |
| --- | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 92 NE 13 [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Lawson, A. J., Martin, E., Priddy, D. and Taylor, A. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. East Anglian Archaeology. No 12. pp 45, 47. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Kettlestone. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| --- | Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Kettlestone. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Edwards, D.A.. Cropmarks Areas TF9529, TF9530. |
| <S2> | Designation: English Heritage. Scheduling Report. |
| <S3> | Illustration: Woodward, S.. 1838. Drawing of an Early Saxon comb.. Card. 1:1. |
Related records
| 44529 | Related to: Pensthorpe Bronze Age barrow group (Landscape) |
| 44367 | Related to: Pensthorpe Early Saxon cemetery (Monument) |