NHER 10833 (Monument record) - Bronze Age round barrow

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Summary

A Bronze Age round barrow has been recorded here. It was excavated in 1933 and a single food vessel with a concave neck of Bronze Age date was retrieved. Subsequent ploughing in 1955 reduced the height of the mound and by 1983 nothing of it was visible from the nearby road.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM08NE
Civil Parish	QUIDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Barrow in ploughed field on Banham boundary.
Sandy soil much spread, no visible ditch.
76cm (2ft 6in) high, 30m (100ft) diameter.
Dug 8 April 1933 by [1].
At 61cm (2ft) down in centre found inverted food vessel with concave neck (Abercromby type 3) - rather late; early Middle Bronze Age.
Shown to the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia on 18 February 1934 (see (S1)).
Information from [1] in 1938.
See (S2) in the Illustration Library.
R. R. Clarke (NCM) 24 December 1936.

Ploughed in 1955.
Pot drawn by NCM 1969, copy in file (given to them?).

Mound 35m diameter, 20cm high under young crop.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 11 February 1976.

18 August 1983.
Nothing visible from road, under stubble.
J. J. Wymer (NAU).

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF99594 Designation: NCM Staff. 1950?-1960?. Data submitted with sheduling request. NHER 10833.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Quidenham.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Quidenham.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF1834 Article in Serial: 1934. Summary of Proceedings. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol VII Pt III pp 427-430. p 427.
<S2> SNF91349 Illustration: Unknown. 1933. Drawing of a Bronze Age pot.. Card. Unknown.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

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

Object Types (1)

POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Quidenham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jun 30 2022 8:56AM