NHER 3654 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age barrow
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TF82SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEASENHAM ALL SAINTS, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Saucer Barrow in plantation, Grinsell's No 1. About 46m (150 feet) in diameter; ditch between mound and bank. Not one of those ploughed in 1941.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
45m diameter, 2m high. Bank and ditch still visible but very overgrown with bushes. One tree in centre.
March 1975. Part of barrow group of Wessex Culture from about 1550 to 1250 BC. See (S1), (S2), (S3), (S4), (S5) for ploughing of some of group.
A. J. Lawson (NAU).
November 1983. No change. Excellent condition.
J. Wymer (NAU).
Ditch well marked. Covered in ragged rhododendrons. One large beech tree in centre. Other small deciduous trees and four conifers. Site form in file.
H. Paterson (NAU), February 1991.
Article missing from file [J. Yates, 12 November 2010].
Associated Sources (13)
- --- SNF53901 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. TF 8519Z.
- --- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF61.
- --- SNF9471 Photograph: CXW 9.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Weasenham (All Saints).
- --- 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 82 SW 5.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF1540 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1913. Norfolk Barrows. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 416-423. p 423.
- <S2> SNF6237 Monograph: Grinsell, L.V.. 1936. Ancient Burial Mounds of England.. p 185.
- <S3> SNF6240 Monograph: Grinsell, L.V.. 1953. Ancient Burial Mounds of England.. pp 199, 203.
- <S4> SNF5874 Monograph: East Anglian Archaeology. East Anglian Archaeology. No XII.
- <S5> SNF369 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1941. [unknown]. 14 May.
- <S7> SNF5403 Designation: Corbishley, M.. 1983. AM107.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (4)
- Geographical: NHER 56103 - Part of: Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery, Weasenham Heath (Landscape)
- Chronological: NHER 3656 - Related to: Black Hill Bronze Age barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Chronological: NHER 3655 - Related to: Bronze Age barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Chronological: NHER 3657 - Related to: Bronze Age barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
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Record last edited
Feb 24 2026 7:48AM