Record Details

NHER Number:1258
Type of record:Monument
Name:Neolithic flint artefacts and site of a possible Bronze Age round barrow

Summary

In 1961 Neolithic flint artefacts were found. It has been suggested that as the name 'Ringlehowe' appears on a 17th century map, there may once have been a Bronze Age round barrow on the site.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 67880 42133
Map Sheet:TF64SE
Parish:HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1961.
Flint industry.
E. Rose

(S1) marks this area as Ringlehowe.
A. Lawson (NAU) suggests the name indicates a removed barrow.
E. Rose (NAU), 16 May 1983.

NGR amended from original TF 6780 4220.
M. Horlock (NLA), 17 December 2002.

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds

  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---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 - Neolithic. Hunstanton.
<S1>Map: LeStrange. 1615. LeStrange map of 1615 (NRO OA1).

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