NHER 2892 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age round barrow
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF92SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTH ELMHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Barrow in Roundhill Breck on Mr Thomas's Farm, about 3.2km (2 miles) north of Elmham church between Guist and Ryburgh roads. The name of the farm was Bradfields, and the barrow was sited in the corner of breck.
Excavated before 1829 by Goddard-Johnson after coins had been found. A cart load of stones with burnt wood was found at the base, but the barrow had already been plundered. Information from (S1).
Suggested by R. R. Clarke (NCM) as Dunham Hill, but located by P. Wade-Martins (NAU). The current grid reference is correct position (not where first marked on record map).
'Arrangement to excavate Corry's alleged barrow' in (S2). R. R. Clarke suggests the same site.
E. Rose (NAU).
27m in diameter, 30cm high in field of young cereal.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), 16 January 1976.
Copy of (S1) in file.
December 1983. Now very spread, under sugar beet.
J. Wymer (NAU), December 1983.
Field under 'set-aside'. Barrow easily identifiable and appearing slightly higher than the 30cm suggested in 1976.
H. Paterson (NAU), 14 June 1993.
Mound now once again under cultivation, beet lifting operation, causing 'rutting' over the site.
H. Paterson (NLA), 18 December 1998.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF10590 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. OS 435-6 73 210 RAF 3G/TUD/UK50/pt4/6260-1.
- --- SNF2426 Article in Serial: Wade-Martins, P. 1970. Excavations at North Elmham, 1969: An Interim Report. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXV Pt I pp 25-78. p 28.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Elmham (North).
- --- 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 92 SE 15 [2].
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF710 Serial: 1829. Woodward Correspond. vol.III pp125,131.
- <S2> SNF8079 Publication: Rye. 1916. Autobiography of an Ancient Athlete and Antiquary. 2. p 203.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- PLANT REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- COIN (Undated)
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Record last edited
Mar 29 2022 9:08AM