NHER 11592 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of round barrow

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Summary

This is the site of a round barrow, visible on aerial photography and on the ground in 1976. The barrow had a diameter of aproximately 40m, and was around 0.7m high. The earthwork was still visible in 1983, but by 1988 it had been levelled.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF82SE
Civil Parish WELLINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Much reduced round barrow, 40m diameter, 70cm high, in stubble field. Seen previously on RAF/Ordnance Survey aerial photograph.
Compiled by A. J. Lawson (NAU), 27 September 1976.

10 November 1983.
Circular earthwork, probably a degraded barrow, around 0.70m high.
Compiled by J. J. Wymer (NAU).

25 January 1988.
No longer visible, presumably levelled. No north-to-south division across field though still two different crops.
Compiled by J. J. Wymer (NAU).

  • --- Aerial Photograph: RAF. RAF AP 3250.
  • --- Photograph: CXW 7.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Unpublished Report: Wymer, J. 1988. A Further Report on the Condition of Barrows in the County and the Question of their Preservation.

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Record last edited

Jan 30 2021 5:56PM

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