NHER 3639 (Monument record) - Site of a Bronze Age Barrow on Harpley Common
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF82NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HARPLEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Situated 29m (32 yards) south of road (railway to Cross's Grave). Tumulus is about 15.5m (17 yards) diameter, 90cm (3 feet) high. No ditch or bank, much dug for rabbits.
1936.
Small fragments of pottery found by R.R. Clarke (NCM); dark brown ware with nail decoration surface. Two sherds grooved ware? One sherd 1mm thick.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Round but much disturbed with many potboilers on it.
W.G. Clarke (NCM).
No sign of mound in young crop. Pottery in NCM is food vessel.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), 7 February 1974.
On AM7 form © crossed out and number of barrows changed to two.
Information from EH computer printout.
P.W. Williams 11 February 1985.
Under arable. A slight rise in field noted from a distance, difficult to see on site.
See (S1).
H. Paterson (A&E), 1 March 1991.
1995.
[1] reports potboilers still on surface.
E. Rose (NLA), 6 March 1995.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF1540 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1913. Norfolk Barrows. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 416-423. pp 419-420.
- --- SNF4454 Monograph: Ashbee, P.. 1970. The earthen long barrow in Britain: an introduction to the study of the funerary practice and culture of the Neolithic people of the third millennium B.C. p 170.
- --- SNF6712 Monograph: Lawson, A. J., Martin, E., Priddy, D. and Taylor, A. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. East Anglian Archaeology. No 12. pp 21-22.
- --- SNF5088 Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. No 546.
- --- 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 24.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF58202 Unpublished Document: Paterson, H. (A&E). Norfolk Ancient Monuments Management Project Site Form.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Mar 29 2016 12:33PM