NHER 10479 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Mill Hill bowl barrow

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Summary

A barrow of probable Bronze Age date is located on Mill Hill, Belton Common. An early Saxon date has also been suggested for this barrow. The name of Mill Hill may also indicate that the mound has been used for a base of a post mill.

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1017917: Mill Hill bowl barrow, 650m north east of Caldecott Hall

Location

Map sheet	TG40SE
Civil Parish	BELTON WITH BROWSTON, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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Formerly Suffolk 57. Northeast of Caldecott Hall
'Human remains found' - OS.
Small mound 20 by 14m diameter, oval, 1m high on summit of natural knoll.
Grassed on heath.
A. Lawson (NAU), 16 December 1975.

1983.
No change, under grass.
J. Wymer (NAU), 9 August 1983.

Schedule suggests from 'shape and position' that this is an Early Saxon burial mound, later used as a windmill mound.
Confirmed Monument Protection Programme scheduling no longer records this as a Saxon site.
E. Rose (NLA), 23 March 1998.

See file for further details.

March 2003.
Thick gorse covering except to south. No evidence of rabbit burrowing, but it is difficult to establish under gorse cover.
H. Paterson (A&E), 2 June 2003.

(S1) signed, 12 January 2004.
Copy in office file.
H. Paterson (A&E), 23 January 2004.

September 2004. Visit.
Gorse cut back at ground level. Good grass cover, will be cut regularly.
H. Paterson (A&E), 13 September 2004.

November 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A mound, slightly oval and measuring approximately 11m by 14m, is visible on aerial photographs on Mill Hill, Belton Common (S2). The site is centred on TG 4780 0187. The cropmarks of a possible small ring ditch have also been recorded 200m to the northwest (NHER 43604), possibly associated with a Neolithic long barrow or mortuary enclosure.
S. Massey (NMP), 01 November 2006.

March 2009.
Section 17 management agreement renewed.
See (S3).
D. Robertson (NLA), 11 August 2010.

Associated Sources (12)

--- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF285.
--- SNF99122 Designation: Department Of The Environment. 1882-1984?. Department of the Environment Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF285.
--- SNF99120 Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF285.
--- SNF99123 Designation: English Heritage. 1994? -2011?. English Heritage Digital Designation Record. Record. DNF285.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Belton with Browston.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF51628 Unpublished Document: H. Paterson (A&E), MPP. Section 17 Management Agreement.
<S1> SNF51628 Unpublished Document: H. Paterson (A&E), MPP. Section 17 Management Agreement.
<S2> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1372865.
<S2> SNF66174 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1970. OS/70315 183-4 11-SEP-1970 (NMR).
<S3> SNF70429 Unpublished Document: Norfolk County Council. 2008-2009. Section 17 Management Agreement.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (1)

HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)

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Belton with Browston (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jan 22 2020 11:58AM