NHER 6248 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Round barrow on Kelling Heath

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Summary

A Bronze Age round barrow earthwork on Kelling Heath is visible on aerial photographs.

Protected Status/Designation

Location

Map sheet TG14SW
Civil Parish KELLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1939.
'Sainty has found barrow on Kelling Heath west of Mesolithic site north of railway'
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

17m diameter, 1m high, gorse covered on heath.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), 17 June 1976.

1983.
Very hard to see in gorse. Some sort of small mound but only 0.80m high.
J. Wymer (NAU).

1990. Surveyed.
See notes in file.
J. Wymer (NAU).

October 1995. Schedule amended.
Schedule description:
The monument includes a bowl barrow located on heathland on the high ground of the Cromer ridge, close to the steep northern edge which fronts the coast. The barrow is visible as an earthen mound standing to a height of c.1m and covering a sub-circular area with a diameter of c.14m. The mound is thought to be encircled by a ditch from which earth was dug and used in the construction of the barrow. This will survive as a buried feature, although it has become completely infilled and can no longer be traced on the ground surface. The estimated overall diameter of the barrow, including a ditch, is c.20m.
Information from (S1) and (S2).
E. Rose (NAU), 16 July 1990.

May 2003. Norfolk NMP.
Earthworks of a Bronze Age round barrow are visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1946 (S3). The barrow is located at TG 1031 4176 and is sub-circular in shape, measuring 14m by 12.5m. A second potential barrow was possibly identified to the northwest (NHER 27984).
S. Massey (NMP), 21 May 2005.

  • --- Designation: Corbishley, M.. 1983. AM107.
  • --- Designation: Department Of The Environment. 1882-1984?. Department of the Environment Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF157.
  • --- Monograph: Lawson, A. J., Martin, E., Priddy, D. and Taylor, A. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. East Anglian Archaeology. No 12.
  • --- Photograph: CXV 4.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Kelling.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 14 SW 14 [2].
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Slide: Various. Slide.
  • <S1> Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF157.
  • <S2> Designation: English Heritage. 1994? -2011?. English Heritage Digital Designation Record. Record. DNF157.
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 4169-70 07-JUN-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG 0940B, TG 1040A).

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Nov 12 2019 5:08PM

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