NHER 10611 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age barrow earthwork on Broome Heath

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Summary

The earthwork of a Bronze Age round barrow. One of a group, the remainder of which are in the neighbouring parish of Broome. The remains as they stand today are 30m in diameter and about 2m high. Mesolithic/Neolithic worked flints and Neolithic pottery fragments have been recovered from the surface of the barrow, evidence of earlier activity that had presumably been cast up onto the mound when it was being constructed.

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1004002: Long barrow and round barrows on Broome Heath

Location

Map sheet	TM39SW
Civil Parish	DITCHINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Full Description

Barrow, part of group of which remainder in Broome Parish. (See also NHER 10597 and 10624).
55m (180ft) west of long barrow and 37m (122ft) from centre of tail of long barrow. 33m (108ft) diameter, 1.5m (5ft) high.
Flat top. Contains many rabbit burrows. Has been trenched, probably in 1858.
R.R.Clarke (NCM) 1935 and 1961.

1966. Holes had been dug in barrow by local children.
Flints found on surface.

14 May 1978. Stray Find.
Found in rabbit scrapes on surface of barrow during Prehistoric Society outing:
1 prehistoric burnt flint fragment.
3 Mesolithic/Neolithic flint blades and 1 flake.
Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1978.350).
A.Lawson (NAU). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 25 February 2014.

30m diameter, 2m high, bracked covered, hint of ditch, about 4m wide on southeast. Mutilated by rabbiters.
A.J.Lawson (NAU),1976.

No change, many rabbits.
J.J. Wymer (NAU) 1983.

1995. Earthwork Survey.
Survey by RCHME.
See report (S18) for details.
P. Watkins (HES), 10 March 2015.

See (S1), (S2), (S3), (S4) and (S5) (which calls it Broome).
Also source [2]
For schedule (S6) see NHER10597.

August 2000. Visit. Ancient Monument no: 152a.
Masked by bracken, some rabbit disturbance.
H. Paterson (A&E), 13 September 2000.

February 2001.
Management agreement (S7) signed 10 February 2001.
H. Paterson (A&E), 14 February 2001.

July 2006. Norfolk NMP
An earthwork of a Bronze Age round barrow is visible on aerial photographs (S8-S17). The central grid reference for this earthwork has been amended from TM 3439 9132 to TM 3441 9130. A circular earthwork mound with a diameter of 31m is present. It is likely that this is a large round barrow of Bronze Age date. It is located on Broome Heath and lies 25m to the west of a Neolithic long barrow (NHER 10597). Another Bronze Age round barrow survives to the south (NHER 10624), with further barrows having been destroyed by quarrying (NHER 10623, 10632). This group of barrows on the heath are located at approximately 5m OD on a gravel terrace of the River Waveney. It is surrounded by earthworks of World War Two weapons pits related to training activity on the heath (NHER 43776). Quarrying had encroached close to the northern side of this earthwork by 1967 (S17). This round barrow is protected as a scheduled ancient monument (S6). See also earthwork survey (S18).
J. Albone (NMP), 18 July 2006

Associated Sources (25)

--- SNF10413 Aerial Photograph: Aerofilms 14071, 14078 48, NAU TM 3419E-G.
--- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF50.
--- SNF9494 Photograph: CYD 9.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Ditchingham.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 39 SW 6 [3].
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
<S1> SNF903 Article in Serial: 1859. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol V pp 357-365. pp 361-362.
<S10> SNF64465 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1981. NHER TM 3491E-G (NLA 117/ARJ10-2) 17-AUG-1981.
<S11> SNF64466 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1983. NHER TM 3491H-J (NLA 135/ADT25-6) 21-JUL-1983.
<S12> SNF64472 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1984. NHER TM 3491L-M (NLA 150/AXC21-2) 27-AUG-1984.
<S13> SNF64468 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1984. NHER TM 3491N-R (NLA 150/AXE7-10) 27-AUG-1984.
<S14> SNF64468 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1984. NHER TM 3491N-R (NLA 150/AXE7-10) 27-AUG-1984.
<S15> SNF64471 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1989. NHER TM 3491W-X (NLA 216/DPU7-9) 21-FEB-1989.
<S16> SNF64076 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Aerofilms. NHER TM 3491AA (Aerofilms/CM703).
<S17> SNF64080 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1967. OS/67056 157-8 24-APR-1967 (NMR).
<S18> SNF57289 Unpublished Contractor Report: Barber, M. and Oswald, A. 1995. An Enclosure on Broome Heath, Ditchingham, Norfolk: Enclosure and Industry in the Neolithic. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. p 8.
<S2> SNF1018 Article in Serial: 1888. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee and at General Meetings. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol X pp 388-397. p 388.
<S3> SNF1141 Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. pp 272, 275, 336.
<S4> SNF1287 Publication: Dutt, W. A. 1905. The Waveney Valley in the Stone Age. pp 19-20.
<S5> SNF1540 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1913. Norfolk Barrows. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 416-423. p 418.
<S6> SNF50949 Designation: English Heritage. Scheduling Report.
<S7> SNF51629 Unpublished Document: H. Paterson (A&E), MPP. Management Statement.
<S8> SNF64074 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/930 4092-3 16-OCT-1945 (NHER TM 3392A / TM 3491A).
<S9> SNF64075 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1716 3093-4 06-SEP-1946 (NMR).

Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)

Object Types (6)

BURNT FLINT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC? to 42 AD?)
BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Mar 18 2025 4:28PM