NHER 10840 (Monument record) - Bronze Age round barrow and Early Saxon inhumation cemetery

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Summary

The site of an Bronze Age round barrow, where prehistoric flint flakes have been found. The discovery of an Early Saxon copper alloy brooch and spearhead suggest that this is also the site of a possible Early Saxon inhumation cemetery.

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1003161: Tumulus west of Leader's Spinney

Location

Map sheet	TM08NE
Civil Parish	BANHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full Description

Area [1]. 4 tracks or roads meet here.
First observed 7 May 1927 by [2] very much flattened and spread.
About 170m OD, Leaders Spinney not named on 1920 1 inch OS.
Circular, no signs of ditch.
Approximate dimensions diameter 60 paces, about 54m. Height about 1.3m, [1], 13 August 1925.
Photograph, see (S1).
Difficult to determine edge of bowl. No signs of excavation. Grass meadow, no trees on tumulus.
Only one flake seen, from rabbit burrow on mound.
The 'track' referred to above is probably an ancient one as it forms, with existing roads, practically a straight line from Larlingford to New Buckenham, Hargate etc.
H. D. Hewitt.

18 August 1983.
On ploughed surface of mound, 8 coarse flint flakes found; faint patina on only one.
J.J. Wymer (NAU).

2000. Metal detecting.
Early Saxon spearhead and annular brooch indicative of inhumation burials.
See list and x-ray in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 March 2001.

Associated Sources (8)

--- SNF13533 Aerial Photograph: TM0689 A-D,L-Q.
--- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF82.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Banham.
--- 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 08 NE 4 [2].
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF100243 Unpublished Report: Wymer, J. 1988. A Further Report on the Condition of Barrows in the County and the Question of their Preservation.
<S1> SNF9425 Photograph: CXR 6, EMD 10.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (3)

FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
ANNULAR BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
SPEAR (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

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Banham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Nov 13 2019 8:17PM