NHER 3668 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age round barrow on Massingham Common

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Summary

A Bronze Age round barrow on Massingham Common which is visible as a slight earthwork.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF82SW
Civil Parish GREAT MASSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Barrow.
106m (350ft) east of NHER 3667.
23m (26yds) diameter, 91cm (3ft) high.
No visible ditch (A. Q. Watson).
Only 61cm (2ft) high on 30 January 1955 when under plough.
R. R. Clarke (NCM)

No sign, probably under dense plantation.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 16 March 1976.

See file under NHER 3667.
This barrow is NOT scheduled despite former confusion with NHER 3667 which is.
E. B. Green (NAU) April 1984.

Site in piece of old heathland, between 2 sections of plantation. Slight rise in ground level, noted against plantation. Gamekeeper [1] who has known the site for years recalls mound was flattened at least 15 years ago after damage by locals 'quarrying' and rabbit infestation.
H. Paterson (A&E) March 1991.

  • --- Illustration: Earthwork Plan.
  • --- Monograph: East Anglian Archaeology. East Anglian Archaeology. No XII.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Massingham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 82 SW 3.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.

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Record last edited

Mar 8 2019 1:56PM

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