Record Details

NHER Number:5988
Type of record:Monument
Name:Prehistoric burnt mound

Summary

A spread of burnt flints was noted on Roudham Heath at an unknown date.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 930 878
Map Sheet:TL98NW
Parish:ROUDHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Undated information on NCM map; on Roudham Heath. 'Conglomeration of pot boilers'.

July 1979. Visit.
Afforested with undergrowth. Pits in this area are natural pingoes.
E. Rose (NAU), 4 July 1979.

Monument Types

  • BURNT MOUND (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

  • POT BOILER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 98 NW 15.
---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 - Miscellaneous. Roudham.

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