NHER 6103 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age round barrow on West Harling Heath

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Summary

This Bronze Age round barrow stands approximately 2m high and is 26m in diameter. It has been suggested that this barrow and another very close by (NHER 6102) are located next to an ancient trackway. Prehistoric worked flint flakes have been found nearby.

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1003996: Tumuli on West Harling Heath

Location

Map sheet	TL98SE
Civil Parish	HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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No trees, many flint flakes around. ?On a definite ancient trackway. Circular, approximately 99m (108 paces) circumference, 1.83m (6 feet) high. Honeycombed with rabbit burrows.
H.D. Hewitt, 20 January 1906.

In Forestry Commision plantation before 1958.
T.H. MckClough (NCM).

For references see NHER 6102.
26m diameter, 1.5m high, covered in trees in plantation, cut by path.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), 12 February 1976.

March 1993.
Dimensions still apparently the same but now covered with bracken and scrub in area of felled woodland. Old forestry track runs over eastern edge, as noted above.
E. Rose (NAU), 25 March 1993.

Associated Sources (13)

--- SNF1540 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1913. Norfolk Barrows. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 416-423. p 423.
--- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF34.
--- SNF5404 Designation: Corbishley, M.. 1982. AM107.
--- SNF50949 Designation: English Heritage. Scheduling Report.
--- SNF6743 Monograph: Lawson, A.J.. The Barrows of East Anglia.. East Anglian Archaeology. No 12 microfiche.
--- SNF61073 Photograph: 1909. Tumuli, West Harling.
--- SNF9453 Photograph: CXV 27, EMD 5, 8.
--- SNF1685 Publication: Clarke, W. G. 1925. In Breckland Wilds. First Edition. p 186.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Harling (West).
--- 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 SE 3 [3].
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF100243 Unpublished Report: Wymer, J. 1988. A Further Report on the Condition of Barrows in the County and the Question of their Preservation.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Object Types (1)

FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

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Record last edited

Nov 13 2019 8:21PM