NHER 3530 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of a Bronze Age barrow

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Summary

This Bronze Age barrow was recorded in 1935. The mound stood around 60cm above the ground around it and traces of a ditch could be seen to the southwest of the mound. The barrow has been ploughed throughout the 20th century. By 1973 the mound was only 50cm high. It could not be found in 1983. The barrow was part of a cluster of Bronze Age barrows on Harpley Common.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TF72NE
Civil Parish	HARPLEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Barrow. About 91m (100 yards) southeast of NHER 3529. Small bowl or low platform tumulus, about 60cm (2 feet) high and 22m (24 yards) diameter. Possibly excavated at some past date. Covered turf.
A.Q. Watson 12 October 1935 and R.R. Clarke (NAM), 14 June 1936.

Chalk brought up in ploughing 1937 to 1938; probably artificial.
A.Q. Watson.

26m diameter, 50cm high. Hint of ditch 7m wide on southwest. Ploughed.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), November 1973.

August 1983 and September 1987.
On both visits no trace of mound found.
J.J. Wymer (NAU).

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF6712 Monograph: Lawson, A. J., Martin, E., Priddy, D. and Taylor, A. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. East Anglian Archaeology. No 12.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Harpley.
--- 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 NE 14 [2].
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

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

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Harpley (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 14 2021 2:57PM