NHER 5154 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - 'The Mount', Bronze Age bowl barrow
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TL89SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STANFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
'The Mount'.
Bowl barrow 26m in diameter, 2m high, covered in grass and small bushes in plantation.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 26 November 1975.
Ancient Monuments Form (S1) in file.
September 1983.
In thick woodland, natural to east, planted to west. Good condition but covered with young birch and rotten stumps of
mature trees; one dead tree still standing. Star post later erected on site.
J. Wymer (NAU).
December 2000. Woodland Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey.
Management Unit M, Site 141:
Good condition with grass cover.
See report (S3) for further details.
B. Cushion (NLA) February 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2015.
October 2003. Visit.
Good grass cover, some old tree stumps regenerating, these are being kept down by deer grazing. Should regeneration increase, regrowth with be strimmed and/or sprayed.
H. Paterson (A&E) 19 February 2004.
Associated Sources (10)
- --- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
- --- SNF6712 Monograph: Lawson, A. J., Martin, E., Priddy, D. and Taylor, A. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. East Anglian Archaeology. No 12.
- --- SNF9444 Photograph: CXU 2.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Stanford.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
- <S1> SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF384.
- <S2> SNF5404 Designation: Corbishley, M.. 1982. AM107.
- <S3> SNF50724 Unpublished Contractor Report: Cushion, B. 2002. STANTA ILMP Woodland Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey. Brian Cushion Archaeological & Cartographical Surveyor. RIS Site 141.
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Record last edited
May 26 2020 3:20PM