NHER 41681 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Probable Bronze Age round barrow or mound associated with a quarry
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
8 December 1997. Visited by D. Gurney (NLA).
Small mound, as noted, with clear ditch and bank on the north side.
Small trees on mound recently felled, except for one.
D. Gurney (NLA), 9 December 1997.
Formerly recorded erroneously under NHER 25487, which is nearby.
May 2005. No change since 1997.
D. Gurney (NLA), 11 May 2005.
April 2008. Field visit and meeting to consider management and interpretation.
Possibly a Bronze Age barrow, although it could be a landscape feature.
D. Robertson (NLA), 9 May 2008.
July 2013. Field visit.
The mound is very similar in appearance to earthworks associated with the large quarry to the southwest (NHER 41681). As a result, it is high likely it is a quarrying feature rather than a burial mound.
D. Robertson (HES), 14 August 2013.
September 2016. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The earthworks of this previously recorded mound are clearly visible on the Lidar data (S1) [1]. The relationship of this mound with the probable post-medieval bank and/or road to the north (NHER 5002) would suggest that it is not prehistoric barrow, as the ditch seems to cut into this feature, and a slight upcast bank following the line of the ditch, appears to sit upon it. Although this would need to be checked on the ground.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 21 September 2016.
Associated Sources (2)
- --- SNF70262 Archive: Norfolk Monuments Management Project File.
- <S1>XY SNF94129 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Weeting Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial). [Mapped feature: #63912 Extent of earthworks based on a LiDAR survey., ENF141031]
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (5)
- Geographical: NHER 62104 - Part of: Barrow cemetery (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- All Groups: NHER 11278 - Related to: Bunker's Hill Bronze Age Bowl Barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- All Groups: NHER 25487 - Related to: Possible Bronze Age round barrow near Bunker's Hill (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- All Groups: NHER 60120 - Related to: Probable Bronze Age round barrow at Wellington Plantation, near Bunker's Hill (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- All Groups: NHER 61571 - Related to: The site of a possible Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
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Record last edited
Sep 21 2020 2:14PM