NHER 6114 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age round barrow

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This Bronze Age round barrow stands on what was once Garboldisham Heath. In July 1935 it measured about 1.95m high, compared to 0.7m in 1983. Prehistoric flint artefacts, including Neolithic flakes and Bronze Age cores and flakes, have been found on the mound (see NHER 64393).

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Map sheet TL98SE
Civil Parish GARBOLDISHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Large Bronze Age round barrow. Possibly 'Soldiers Hill'.

July 1935. Open heath.
1.95m (6.5ft) high, 42 paces diameter, say 38m (126ft), somewhat spread, full of rabbit holes. No ditch visible at close quarters.
Flint flakes found on mound, several burnt flints.
H. D. Hewitt.

December 1976.
43m diameter, 1.2m high, grass covered in pasture. Depressions to southeast and northwest may be evidence for ditch.
A. J. Lawson (NAU), 12 December 1976.

November 1979.
No visible ditch.
E. Rose (NAU), 8 November 1979.

1983.
Under sugar beet. Mound reduced from 1.2m in 1976 to about 70cm and spread.

April 1988.
Early Bronze Age flints found.
See details and schedule sheet (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 13 March 1990.

2002.
Section 17 Management Agreement signed 3 March 2002.
See copy (S2) in office file.
H. Paterson (A&E), 12 March 2002.

  • --- Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
  • --- Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF509.
  • --- Designation: [Various]. Scheduling and/or Listing Correspondence. Correspondence. DNF509.
  • --- Designation: Corbishley, M.. 1983. AM107.
  • --- Monograph: Lawson, A. J., Martin, E., Priddy, D. and Taylor, A. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. East Anglian Archaeology. No 12.
  • --- Photograph: Hewitt, H.D.. 1935. Garboldisham Heath. Tumulus No. 3..
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Garboldisham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 98 SE 6 [3].
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Slide: Various. Slide.
  • --- Unpublished Report: Wymer, J. 1988. A Further Report on the Condition of Barrows in the County and the Question of their Preservation.
  • <S1> Unpublished Report: Ministry of Works. Scheduling Report [generic record].
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: H. Paterson (A&E), MPP. Section 17 Management Agreement.

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Jun 7 2023 7:59AM

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