Record Details

NHER Number:11298
Type of record:Monument
Name:Probable Bronze Age round barrow

Summary

A round mound, 34m in diameter and 1m high, with a ditch 4m wide and 1m deep can be seen at this spot. This is probably a Bronze Age round barrow.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 6767 2428
Map Sheet:TF62SE
Parish:CASTLE RISING, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Barrow, south of Castle Rising to Hillington Road.
Circular mound 34m diameter, 1m high, ditch (filled on south) 4m wide, 1m deep. Surrounded by trees.
A. J. Lawson (NAU), 23 March 1976.

8 August 1983.
No change. Covered by bracken and tall birch trees. Boundary ditch cuts south side.
J. J. Wymer (NAU).

Survey.
Information from (S1).
R. J. Rickett (NAU), 28 March 1990.

Monument Types

  • ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument

Sources and further reading

---Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF116.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF116.
---Designation: Department Of The Environment. 1882-1984?. Department of the Environment Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF115.
---Designation: English Heritage. 1994? -2011?. English Heritage Digital Designation Record. Record. DNF116.
<S1>Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 62 SE 40 [2].

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