NHER 16115 (Monument record) - Possible boundary marker site

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Summary

A tithe map dated to around 1840 notes that this field is called 'Barrow Duel'. No barrow has been noted on this site, and it is thought that the name may refer to a boundary marker on this site during the Late Saxon or early medieval periods.

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Location

Map sheet	TM29SE
Civil Parish	TOPCROFT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Around 1840. Field name 'Barrow Duel' on tithe map.
Note that other barrows in Norfolk have the name 'doule' meaning a boundary mark. This site is on the border with Hempnall.
The current 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (revised before 1930) names the adjacent lane as Barondole Lane.
E. Rose (NAU), 12 May 1980.

6 July 1982.
No sign of barrow here.
A. Lawson (NLA).

But compare with site NHER 13180. One of these references is either wrong, or else there were two markers.
E. Rose (NAU), 5 October 1984.

Associated Sources (1)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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Topcroft (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Nov 28 2025 4:02PM