NHER 6179 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age round barrow
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TG04SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CLEY NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Tumulus. On the Hangs, north of Kelling to Wiveton road.
Circular mound with no certain evidence of ditch.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
August 1924. Excavation.
Nothing found. 15m (50ft) broad, 1.5 (5ft) high, with trace of shallow ditch and possible bank. Grassed on heath.
1974. Visit.
Bank 3m wide, 15cm high, ditch 3m wide, 30cm deep; mound 12m diameter, 1.5m high. Grassed.
A. J. Lawson (NAU), 30 January 1974.
February 1986. Visit.
Condition as above, but outer bank not seen. Site gorse covered but bare on north side.
J. J. Wymer (NAU), 25 February 1986.
May 1994. Visit.
Mound now under thick cover of gorse.
H. Paterson (A&E), 23 May 1994.
1995. Schedule update.
Mound 15m wide by 1.5m high, ditch 2.5m wide by 0.2m deep.
Information from (S1).
E. Rose (NLA), 30 October 1995.
June 1998. Visit.
Brambles and gorse have been removed. Barrow showing uneven surface due to old rabbit disturbance (this is now controlled).
H. Paterson (NLA), 3 June 1998.
October 2002. Norfolk NMP.
Earthworks of round barrow, visible on the 1969 Ordnance Survey aerial photographs (S3). The diameter of the mound appears to be around 14m,surrounded by a ditch, approximately 1-2m wide.
S. Massey (NMP), 23 December 2002.
Associated Sources (12)
- --- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF145.
- --- SNF5405 Designation: Corbishley, M.. 1983. AM107.
- --- SNF6712 Monograph: Lawson, A. J., Martin, E., Priddy, D. and Taylor, A. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. East Anglian Archaeology. No 12.
- --- SNF9397 Photograph: CXF 10-11.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Cley-next-the-sea.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
- --- SNF56754 Unpublished Report: Ministry of Works. Scheduling Report [generic record].
- <S1> SNF99120 Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF145.
- <S2> SNF99123 Designation: English Heritage. 1994? -2011?. English Heritage Digital Designation Record. Record. DNF145.
- <S3> SNF62654 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1969. OS/69037 020-1 03-APR-1969.
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Record last edited
Aug 14 2023 9:18AM