NHER 1987 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible Bronze Age bowl barrow, 'Wicken Covert'

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Summary

In 1949 a possible Bronze Age barrow was reported at this location. The barrow was 26m in diameter and 1.2m high but its location made assessing the dimensions difficult. A visit to the site in 1999 showed the barrow survived under a good covering of grass

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1020783: Bowl Barrow in Wicken Covert, 100m south east of Highfield House

Location

Map sheet	TF83SW
Civil Parish	TATTERSETT, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1949.
Wicken Covert, barrow with ditch.
Reported by [1] to [2].
26m diameter 1.5m high in ploughed field. No sign of ditch.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 28 January 1974.

See schedule sheet in file.

Lying north of B154 between minor road to Sculthorpe Air Base, and Highfield House.
Described in NHER as 26m diameter, 1.2m high. This difficult to assess, as monument situated on steep slope down to roadside verge and has been disturbed by ploughing. Ground bare of grass at time of visit, intermittently grazed by sheep.
H. Paterson (NAU) February 1991.

November 1983.
Ploughed and under root crop, reduced in height to 1.2m.

February 1988.
Now under permanent grass. Scheduled.
J. Wymer (NAU).

Under good grass cover, grazed by sheep, minimal mole disturbance.
H. Paterson (NLA) 11 May 1999.

Associated Sources (10)

--- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF422.
--- SNF99122 Designation: Department Of The Environment. 1882-1984?. Department of the Environment Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF422.
--- SNF99120 Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF422.
--- SNF99123 Designation: English Heritage. 1994? -2011?. English Heritage Digital Designation Record. Record. DNF422.
--- SNF9466 Photograph: CXW 12.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Tattersett.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 83 SW 17 [2].
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF100243 Unpublished Report: Wymer, J. 1988. A Further Report on the Condition of Barrows in the County and the Question of their Preservation.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

BOWL BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Tattersett (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

May 26 2020 3:36PM