NHER 52449 (Landscape record) - Horsford Barrow cemetery

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Summary

The barrow cemetery at Horsford Woods, centred on TG 1923 1832, represents a group of ten or more possible Bronze Age barrows, some of which are unconfirmed despite systematic study of the available aerial photographs. The dispersed cemetery covers approximately 2.2km by 0.5km of heathland and plantation.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG11NE
Civil Parish	HORSFORD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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November 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The barrow cemetery at Horsford Woods, centred on TG 1923 1832, represents a group of ten or more possible Bronze Age barrows, some of which are unconfirmed despite systematic study of the available aerial photographs. The dispersed cemetery covers approximately 2.2km by 0.5km of heathland and plantation.
The cemetery includes two large embanked barrows with double concentric ring ditches (NHER 7779 and 18491), although the latter is no longer visible as an earthwork. Two oval barrows (NHER 7772 and 7773) and three round barrows (NHER 7774, 7777 and 52450) are also visible as earthworks. Two possible ring ditches are visible as vegetation marks (NHER 52450 and 52426).
Also, two previously reported round barrows (NHER 7775 and 52451) and two ring ditches (NHER 7776 and 7778) could not be confirmed from the study of the aerial photographs.
E. Bales (NMP), November 2009.

Associated Sources (17)

<S1> SNF72527 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/LA/191 7092 22-MAR-1945 (NMR).
<S10> SNF72530 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1971. MAL 71020 080-81 11-APR-1971 (NMR).
<S11> SNF72538 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.. 1973. NHER TG 1918A & F-N (NLA AAH11) 18-JUL-1973 (NLA).
<S12> SNF72539 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.. 1973. NHER TG 1918P-S 01-AUG-1973 (NLA).
<S13> SNF72541 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1990. OS/90224 203-5 31-JUL-1990 (NMR).
<S14> SNF72540 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1992. OS/92337 234-5 11-JUN-1992 (NLA).
<S15> SNF72542 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1992. OS/92337 248-9 11-JUN-1992 (NLA).
<S16> SNF72524 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1997. CUCAP ZNA 076-7 15-May-1997 (CUCAP).
<S17> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 18-NOV-2009.
<S2> SNF72532 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1636 4224-7 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
<S3> SNF72533 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF CPE/UK/1801 4044 25-OCT-1946 (NMR).
<S4> SNF72534 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1955. RAF 540/1723 (F21) 0121-3 04-OCT-1955 (NMR).
<S5> SNF72535 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1963. RAF 58/5762 (F21) 042-3 06-JUN-1963 (NMR).
<S6> SNF72546 Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1964. NHER TG 1918V (RAF) XX XXXX 1964 (NLA).
<S7> SNF72547 Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1964. NHER TG 1918U (RAF) XX XXXX 1964 (NLA).
<S8> SNF72536 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1969. OS 69251 118-20 13-JUN-1969 (NMR).
<S9> SNF72537 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1971. MAL 71020 061-2 11-APR-1971 (NMR).