NHER 51963 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Soilmarks of a Bronze Age barrow west of the River Tas

December 1952. Scheduled.
This was one of three areas in Markshall parish which received Scheduled Monument Protection.
Scheduled as County Number 245 and known as "Sites discovered by air photography at Markshall", the areas were labelled A-C.
This was area B, centered TG 235 045. It was described as "Southwest of The Carr circular crop markings show in air photograph taken in 1933." These have now been recorded as part of a barrow cemetery (NHER 51966) and all barrows have been recorded individually.
This barrow was formerly recorded under NHER 9789.
Information from Ancient Monuments Form.
Amended H. Hamilton (HES), 26 November 2024.

February 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The soilmarks of a Bronze Age barrow are visible on aerial photographs to the west of the River Tas (S1-S3). The site is centred on TG 2342 0457 and was formerly recorded under NHER 9789. This barrow forms part of a cemetery (NHER 51965) that overlooks the river and is located approximately 650m to the south of the hengiform monument and possible mortuary and/or ceremonial enclosure at Markshall (NHER 9582-3) and these form part of a wider group of ceremonial and funerary monuments focused on the confluence of the Rivers Tas and Yare. The line of the barrows are located in-between the 5m and 10m contours, overlooking the Tas valley to the east.
The barrow measures 18.5m in diameter and is located to the immediate south of the large embanked barrow (NHER 51962). No sign of an outer ring ditch was detected. It is possible that this ditch was quite shallow and has therefore not survived as a sub-surface feature on the later cropmark photography or the mound material was brought from elsewhere.
This barrow was formerly recorded under NHER 9789.
S. Horlock (NMP), 27 February 2009.