NHER 5026 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Man Hill or Dead Man's Hill Bronze Age bowl barrow

August 1901. Excavated by [1] and [2].
Skeleton found in right side with knees drawn up and hands raised to head (mesocephalic) at great depth. A band of charred earth and ash about 15cm (6") wide formed a complete circle about 61cm (2') from the skeleton. Old horseshoe with calkins and bones of domestic animals found above. (S1) describes site as cremation, as in (S2).
E. Rose (NAU)

Just above 30m (100ft) OD.
Large bowl, flat top, no visible ditch, badly mutilated by 1901 excavation.
27m to 36m (30 to 40 paces) diameter, 0.9m (3ft) high.
Under plough in 1901.
See (S2).
'Buckenham Field' in (S4) and (S5), Buckenham in (S6) and (S7).
R.R. Clarke (NCM)

50m diameter, 1.5m high, grass covered on heath.
A.J. Lawson (NAU) 26 November 1975.

Copy of (S1) in file.

September 1983.
No change. Star post on top, barbed wire across one half.
J. Wymer (NAU)

October 2003. Visit. Found in rabbit scrape in 2002. Norfolk NMP site visit.
Unmodified secondary flake, split longitudinally on the left side. Negligible patination, grey flint with thick weathered cortex. Presumably related to the barrow but intrinsically undatable.
Identified by P.A. Robins (NCM) 3 November 2003.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 10 November 2003.

October 2003. Visit.
Grass covered, one large rabbit burrow and a few smaller ones.
Rabbits will continue to be controlled by gassing and/or ferreting.
Flint flake recovered from upcast.
H. Paterson (A&E), 19 February 2004.