NHER 11284 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Gallow Hill, Gunton Park

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Summary

A Bronze Age burial mound later used as gallows site.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG23SW
Civil Parish THORPE MARKET, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Grass covered mound 34m diameter, 2m high.
Fir in centre.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), June 1976.

stance? Under pasture.
Two pines on top 1984, one in 1987 according to S. Ashley (NAU).
J.J. Wymer (NAU), January 1987.

Removal of birch by felling at ground level, and strimming of bracken under an English Nature initiative has been undertaken.
Helen Paterson, 22 March 2000.

2001.
Management Satement (S1) signed 7 October 2001.
See copy in office file.
H. Paterson (A&E), 11 October 2001.

  • --- Article in Serial: Whyte, N.. 2003. The after-life of barrows; prehistoric monuments in the Norfolk landscape.. Landscape History. Vol 25, pp 5-17. pp 5-16.
  • --- Article in Serial: Whyte, N.. 2003. The Deviant Dead in the Norfolk Landscape.. Landscapes. Vol 4, No 1. pp 24-39.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Thorpe Market.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Unpublished Document: H. Paterson (A&E), MPP. Management Statement.

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Record last edited

Jun 27 2025 8:24AM

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