NHER 51536 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Probable Bronze Age round barrow
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
March or April 2008.
Mound. Possible barrow.
D. Robertson (NLA), 12 May 2008.
April 2008. Field visit, at request of discoverer.
Low mound, about 30m in diameter, about 0.5m high. Possibly a Bronze Age round barrow.
D. Robertson (NLA), 12 May 2008.
February 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The earthworks of this barrow are visible on the 0.5m resolution Lidar data (S1) [1].
The mound is 25m across and has a clear central pit, possibly the remains of a previous excavation or potentially a Second World War weapons pit. This barrow is located in close proximity to numerous other barrows, forming a dispersed cemetery landscape group (NHER 61484) in this area.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 24 February 2017.
Associated Sources (1)
- <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: #63941 Extent of earthworks based on a LiDAR survey., ENF141031]
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (1)
Record last edited
Sep 18 2020 3:52PM