NHER 4557 (Monument record) - Cowell Stone
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF70NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NARBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | BEACHAMWELL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Large erratic used as boundary mark.
22 August 1979. Visited by E. Rose (NAU)
Set at junction of three parishes and near crossing of east to west Roman road with Icknield Way. Apparently recently dug out of bank of latter it lies in a small crater. Differential weathering suggests it used to be set upright.
E. Rose (NAU)
26 November 1981.
Stone has been set in a base of flints and cement (without being set up the right way) and has a cast iron notice by it
stating that it is a 'waymark' set up in the Bronze Age and now used as a 'boundry' (sic). The name Cowell is noted as a local surname in medieval charters, but may also derive from 'doule', a boundary mark.
E. Rose (NAU)
Notice since altered.
E. Rose (NAU)
Before 1924
W. G. Clarke found 'a fine button scraper' beside the stone. See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU) 25 June 1982.
See [1] and Photographs (S2).
A. Beckham (HES), 26 August 2020.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF3195 Newspaper Article: Thetford and Watton Times. 1981. Bronze Age sign re-emerges…. 20 November.
- --- SNF100795 Photograph: Atkinson, J. 2020. Photographs of the Cowell Stone, Beachamwell. Digital. jpeg.
- --- SNF9040 Photograph: BZM 24.
- --- SNF9040 Photograph: BZM 24.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF5291 Publication: Clarke, W.G.. The Icknield Way.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (1)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
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Record last edited
Apr 30 2025 9:52AM