NHER 1705 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Group of Bronze Age round barrows
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Scheduled Monument 1010562: Bell barrow 25m east of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group
- Scheduled Monument 1010563: Bowl barrow 300m south of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group
- Scheduled Monument 1010564: Bowl barrow 425m SSE of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group
- Scheduled Monument 1010565: Bell barrow and moot 600m SSE of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group
Location
| Map sheet | TF73SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BIRCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Great Bircham round barrow group.
Five barrows (context 5 is not scheduled), excavated 1842.
Urns, awl, gold beads found.
See (S1).
(S2) and (S3) in file.
One of the pottery vessels from this site is listed in (S8) as a later Bronze Age Biconical Urn.
E. Rose (NAU) 22 June 1982.
February 1988. Context 5.
Area ploughed. No trace of any mound.
J. J. Wymer (NAU).
1998. Earthwork Survey.
Survey of bell barrow (Context 4). Some variation in schedule entry measurements and truncation of southwest arm and 'recent' hole.
See report (S4) for further details and copy of plan (S5). The results of this survey are also summarised in (S6).
B. Cushion (NLA) 28 May 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 March 2015.
1995. Scheduling amended
See (S7) for scheduling notification and map for amendments.
H. Mellor (HES), 13 June 2018.
Associated Sources (18)
- --- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
- --- SNF99120 Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF133, DNF134, DNF135 and DNF136.
- --- SNF99123 Designation: English Heritage. 1994? -2011?. English Heritage Digital Designation Record. Record. DNF133, DNF134, DNF135 and DNF136.
- --- SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF7730/A-C; 21-JUN-1974 (HES 6/ABK 19-21).
- --- SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF7731/A-F; 17-APR-1984 (HES 144/AVD 15-21).
- --- SNF70200 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Oblique Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. [-]/TF7630 [-]/D-F [--].
- --- SNF10199 Photograph: HW21-24,CNV1-3,CXS15-16,EME6-8.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Bircham [4].
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
- --- SNF100243 Unpublished Report: Wymer, J. 1988. A Further Report on the Condition of Barrows in the County and the Question of their Preservation.
- <S1> SNF6834 Publication: Lukis, F.C.. 1843. A Brief Account of the Barrows near Bircham Magna, Norfolk.. pp 13-14.
- <S2> SNF56754 Unpublished Report: Ministry of Works. Scheduling Report [generic record].
- <S3> SNF56872 Unpublished Document: Lawson, A.. 1974. Site visit notes.
- <S6> SNF82757 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1999. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1998. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 369-387. p 370.
- <S7> SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF133.
- <S8> SNF2643 Article in Monograph: Lawson, A. J. 1980. The evidence for Later Bronze Age settlement and burial in Norfolk. Settlement and Society in the British Late Bronze Age. Barrett, J. and Bradley, R. BAR British Series 83 pp 271-293. No 4.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (5)
- AWL (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- BEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- PIN (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
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Record last edited
Mar 11 2025 8:27AM