Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3300 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Bronze Age round barrow |
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Summary
This is a possible round barrow with a shallow ditch. It may have become confused with NHER 3299.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6782 2450 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF62SE |
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| Parish: | CASTLE RISING, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
?Tumulus.
122m (400 feet) southwest of NHER 3299. 18.3m (60 feet) north to south. 9.15m (30 feet) wide, tapers slightly north end. Slight ditch, slightly overgrown.
I. J. Thatcher, 1937.
Could not be found in dense wood, but description sounds much like that of NHER 3299. Confusuion? Only one of these two could be found.
A. J. Lawson (NAU), 23 March 1976.
8 August 1983.
Not seen on visit, but area too overgrown.
J. J. Wymer (NAU).
Monument Types
- MOUND (Undated)
- 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 62 SE 6. |
| --- | 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. Castle Rising. |
Related records - none
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