NHER 3655 (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
Bell barrow about 46m (150 feet) in diameter, in plantation. Grinsell's no. 2.
R.R. Clarke (NCM). (Not one of those ploughed in 1941).
Outer bank undetected. Ditch 2m wide, 1m deep, berm 3m wide, mound 50m in diameter, 4m high. Depression in centre due to looting in about 1970. Covered in bushes in planation.
A. J. Lawson (NAU), March 1975
November 1983. No change, well preserved, but height nearer 3m than 4m. Ditch has irregular plan with almost right angle in northeast corner; presumably a recent alteration.
J. Wymer (NAU).
April 1988. No change.
J. Wymer (NAU).
Good ditch and outer bank visible. Several large oaks and smaller conifers on mound. Much dead wood litters site. Parallel banks noted nearby. Site form in file.
H. Paterson (NAU), February 1991.
Article missing from file [J. Yates, 12 November 2010].
Associated Sources (12)
- --- SNF53901 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. TF 8519Z.
- --- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF61.
- --- 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> SNF5405 Designation: Corbishley, M.. 1983. AM107.
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Record last edited
Feb 24 2026 7:48AM