Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32594 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Neolithic or Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
A low earthwork mound was identified during a rapid survey in 2001. The mound is probably a Neoltihic and/or Bronze Age round barrow. This barrow, along with NHER 33453, NHER 33454, and NHER 61532 form a small barrow cemetery (NHER 61535), which is itself located in close proximity to numerous other barrows, forming a dispersed cemetery landscape group (NHER 61484) in this area.
Images - none
Location
Full description
20 March 1997. Field Observation.
In recently cleared plantation, felled but not yet destrumped:
Mound, probable barrow, around 1.5m high and 30m in diameter.
Damaged by recent wheel ruts on east and west sides.
D. Gurney (NLA) 24 March 1997.
February 1998. Walkover Survey.
Rapid Earthwork Identification Survey in advance of destumping (Compartment 6085).
Mound II:
Mound, 30m x 40m (longer axis N-S), 1.4m high, grass cover.
Two further barrows located in this area. See NHER 33453 and NHER 33454.
See report (S1) for further details.
D. Gurney (NLA), 18 February 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 August 2015.
January 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The earthworks of this barrow are clearly visible on the 0.5m resolution Lidar data (S2) [1]. The mound appears to be 32m by 28m, with traces of an encircling ring ditch and a possible outer bank to the south, although the lidar data is slightly hard to decipher confidently. The oval shape could feasibly suggest a Neolithic date for the barrow, although this is not certain.
This barrow, along with NHER 33453, NHER 33454, and NHER 61532 form a small barrow cemetery (NHER 61535), which is itself located in close proximity to numerous other barrows, forming a dispersed cemetery landscape group (NHER 61484) in this area.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 30 January 2017.
Monument Types
- OVAL BARROW? (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC?)
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
- SHINE
- Higher Level Stewardship
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 | Unpublished Contractor Report: Pendleton, C. and Sommers, M. 1998.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. |
| <S2> | LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Weeting Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial). |
Related records
| 33454 | Related to: Neolithic or Bronze Age round barrow (Monument) |
| 33453 | Related to: Neolithic or Bronze Age round barrow (Monument) |
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