NHER 2303 (Monument record) - Bronze Age round barrow and Iron Age pottery

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Summary

This is the site of a Bronze Age round barrow. A fragment of pottery, possibly dating to the Iron Age, was found in 1933.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF72SE
Civil Parish	GREAT MASSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Small tumulus a few yards east of Cissbury pit (NHER 2302).
Undug.
Information from A. Q. Watson.
R. R. Clarke (NCM)

1933.
On heath on mound of ?debris from adjacent pit was found one rim with broken lip and coarse dark uneven paste with suggestions of wheel turning.
[1] thinks it is possibly late Iron Age.
See (S1).
Card by R. R. Clarke (NCM) referring to same feature, see (S2).

No sign in ploughed field.
Upcast from pit?
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 8 February 1974.

This barrow is likely to form part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery (NHER 55865), which includes five other barrows.
A. Cattermole (HES), 25 July 2011.

August 2011. Field visit.
No earthwork/barrow present.
D. Robertson (HES), 23 August 2011.

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Massingham.
--- SNF87259 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Massingham (Great).
--- 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 72 SE 28.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF1971 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1939. The Iron Age in Norfolk and Suffolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XCVI pp 1-113. p 99.
<S2> SNF52555 Map: NCM. NCM Record Map.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (1)

POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Related NHER Records (1)

Geographical: NHER 55865 - Part of: Bronze Age barrow cemetery, Massingham Heath (Landscape)

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Great Massingham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Apr 25 2023 7:54AM