NHER 4560 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age round barrow
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Summary
This is the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, close to a road.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF70SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BEACHAMWELL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Tumulus.
Situated west side of road from Shingham to Langwade Green, about a furlong south of Shingham Farm on a piece of rough ground 18m (20 yards) from road. Diameter 36m (40 yards), height about 1.3m (4 1/2 feet). Covered bushes and
bracken etc.
A. Q. Watson (NCM) 1937 to 8.
Marked on 1st edition 1inch OS. See (S1).
36m diam, 60cm high, ploughed.
A. J. Lawson January 1976.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF11631 Aerial Photograph: TF7604A.
- --- SNF9436 Photograph: CXT 10-11, EMD 15.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Beechamwell.
- --- 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 70 SE 2 [3].
- --- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
- --- SNF100243 Unpublished Report: Wymer, J. 1988. A Further Report on the Condition of Barrows in the County and the Question of their Preservation.
- <S1> SNF49461 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
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Record last edited
Nov 13 2019 8:18PM