NHER 56103 (Landscape record) - Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery, Weasenham Heath
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF81NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LITCHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | WEASENHAM ALL SAINTS, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | WELLINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
September 2011.
Barrow cemetery predominantly located on the former Weasenham Heath.
Currently 12 barrows are extant, many in woodland with some retained in arable fields or surviving as slight earthworks. A further six have been completely levelled through ploughing and two on Weasenham Lyngs were totally excavated in the 1970s. An additional eight or nine ring ditches have been identified within the area from aerial photographs (see individual monument records). Eleven of the barrows are currently scheduled.
An oval earthwork enclosure (NHER 3661) was located close to the barrows on Weasenham Lyngs and was also partially excavated in the 1970s although its function remains unclear.
Numerous Neolithic and Bronze Age finds have also been discovered within the landscape.
K.Powell (HES), 7 September 2011.
Associated Sources (0)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (23)
- Geographical: NHER 3656 - Parent of: Black Hill Bronze Age barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 25446 - Parent of: Bronze Age barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 25447 - Parent of: Bronze Age barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 25448 - Parent of: Bronze Age barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 25648 - Parent of: Bronze Age barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 3654 - Parent of: Bronze Age barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 3655 - Parent of: Bronze Age barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 3657 - Parent of: Bronze Age barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 3688 - Parent of: Bronze Age barrow north of Litcham Heath (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 11282 - Parent of: Bronze Age barrow northwest of Lodge Farm (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 3701 - Parent of: Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 3658 - Parent of: Great Barrow, Weasenham Lyngs (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 3661 - Parent of: Neolithic to Bronze Age enclosure and finds (Monument)
- Geographical: NHER 3702 - Parent of: Possible Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 15400 - Parent of: Probable Bronze Age ring ditch (Monument)
- Geographical: NHER 3662 - Parent of: Site of Bronze Age barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 3659 - Parent of: Site of Bronze Age barrow (Monument)
- Geographical: NHER 3660 - Parent of: Site of Bronze Age barrow, possible Roman cremation, and multi-period finds (Monument)
- Geographical: NHER 11592 - Parent of: Site of round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 3696 - Parent of: Site of round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 36147 - Parent of: Three or four undated ring ditches (Monument)
- Geographical: NHER 4071 - Parent of: Three probable Bronze Age ring ditches (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 36137 - Parent of: Two undated ring ditches (Monument)
Record last edited
Feb 24 2026 7:48AM