NHER 13900 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible site of Bronze Age barrow

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Summary

In about 1974 a possible barrow was seen here. However, a visit to the site in 1977 showed that the location was covered by modern housing and that no trace of the barrow survived.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF62SW
Civil Parish SOUTH WOOTTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Around 1974. Field observation.
Possible barrow seen by informant and pupil.

April 1977. Field observation.
Could not be found, probably destroyed by housing.
A. J. Lawson (NAU), April 1977.

July 1988. Field observation.
Housing now all over area, no obvious mound in gardens.
J. Wymer (NAU), 15 July 1988.

Nothing is marked at this location on early Ordnance Survey maps of the area or on the North Wootton Tithe map (S1).
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 1 May 2019.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Map: Newton and Woodrow. 1838. North Wootton Tithe Map.

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Record last edited

May 1 2019 12:49PM

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