Record Details
| NHER Number: | 5786 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Probable Bronze Age barrow |
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Summary
A round barrow of probable Bronze Age date. In 1961 it was about 1.2m tall, but by 1984 it had been ploughed flat.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9582 2970 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF92NE |
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| Parish: | KETTLESTONE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Barrow.
September 1961. 'Barrow no.2' not visible on St Joseph aerial photographs but found in examining sites NHER 5784 and 5785. Mound about 1.2m (4 feet) high on natural knoll, much spread by ploughing. About 39m (130 feet) east to west; about 30m (100 feet) north to south.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
1976.
Mound possibly on natural knoll but not distinct and not measurable. Site ploughed.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), August 1976.
January 1984.
No mound visible in bare ploughed field.
J. Wymer (NAU).
Monument Types
- ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 92 NE 7. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: 1961. (Pensthorpe) Kettlestone. |
| --- | 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. |
Related records
| 44529 | Related to: Pensthorpe Bronze Age barrow group (Landscape) |