Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3783 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of possible Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
In 1946 a possible ploughed out Bronze Age round barrow was noted on the Castle Acre boundary. However, visits to the site in 1976 and 1998 failed to find any trace of the barrow suggesting it had been completely destroyed at an earlier date.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7964 1639 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF71NE |
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| Parish: | WESTACRE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Ploughed out barrow almost on Castle Acre boundary.
Nearly 61m (200ft) OD, approximately 576m (630yds) northeast of the northeast corner of Butcher's Covert. Discovered by H. Birkbeck in 1946.
No sign in ploughed field 16 March 1976.
A. J. Lawson (NAU).
March 1998.
No trace in ploughed field.
Information from member of the public [1].
E. Rose (NLA) 9 July 1998.
Monument Types
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 71 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. Westacre. |
Related records - none
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