NHER 1969 (Monument record) - Record of earthwork mounds, possibly Bronze Age round barrows or of natural origin, perhaps destroyed by quarrying
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF83NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTH CREAKE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
On (S1) 'Earthworks, ?barrows - this area around late 1940s'.
October 1977. visit.
This area is now thickly overgrown with trees and bushes, and though it appears there may be mounds, nothing can be made out.
E. Rose (NAU).
A. Lawson (NAU) believes these mounds may be gravel dumps. He suggests the barrows were quarried away.
E. Rose (NAU), 27 September 1976.
October 2025. Northwest Norfolk Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AI&M) Project.
The undated mounds, possibly Bronze Age round barrows, described above were not identified on the consulted sources. The area is obscured by tree cover on 1940s aerial photographs (such as S2). Visualised lidar data from a survey flown in 2018 (S3), shows an area of quarrying here, but also that it forms part of a relatively prominent north-south aligned ridge or scarp, defining the edge of the river valley to its west. This has several prominent ‘lumps’ along its length, which appear to be of natural origin but could conceivably be interpreted as being of archaeological significance, as barrow mounds or similar. No features have been mapped by the project.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 17 October 2025.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Creake (North).
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF52555 Map: NCM. NCM Record Map.
- <S2> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/106G/UK/402 RP 3226-3227 18-JUN-1945.
- <S3> SNF101413 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TF83NE DTM 1m 13-NOV-2018.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
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Record last edited
Oct 17 2025 12:16PM