NHER 6007 (Monument record) - Bronze Age barrow and multi period finds on Overa Heath
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL98NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | QUIDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Slight mound on Overa Heath north of railway and 183m (200yds) west of NHER 6006.
Grass covered, 25 paces diameter.
R. R. Clarke (NCM) 24 December 1936.
No sign in field of young cereal (S1).
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 11 February 1976.
25 March 1986. On supposed site of mound, found in fieldwalking.
Worked flint.
W. F. Milligan (NCM) 26 March 1986.
Same date; As, 1st - 2nd century; Two illegible 3rd - 4th century coins. Spoon bowl - date?
Details as above but not sent to NAU until July 1986.
E. Rose (NAU/NLA).
September 2012. Norfolk NMP.
The site was not visible on any of the consulted aerial photographs.
E. Bales (NMP), 04 September 2012.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Quidenham.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 98 NE 5 [2].
- <S1> SNF6741 Monograph: Lawson, A.J.. The Barrows of East Anglia.. East Anglian Archaeology. No 11.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (3)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- SPOON (Undated)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Jan 16 2025 5:13PM