NHER 61487 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - The site of a possible Bronze Age round barrow
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
September 2016. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The earthworks of a low circular mound, potentially relating to a Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on the 0.5m resolution Lidar data (S1). The mound measures 11m across. A low mound (NHER 33623) of approximately 15m has previously been recorded 85m to the SE. Due to potential problems of location with the forest, it is feasible that these mounds are in fact the same monument. However further inspection on the ground would be required to investigate this. Numerous other low mounds were identified on the Lidar on close proximity to this mound, for example NHER 61485-6, 61488-90, all of which may represent the remains of Bronze Age round barrows and have been recorded as a small cemetery group (NHER 61498). This group itself is located in a wider dispersed area of numerous other barrows, forming a large cemetery landscape (NHER 61484).
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 21 September 2016.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF94129 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Weeting Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (2)
Record last edited
Aug 18 2020 4:04PM