NHER 62025 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - The earthworks of a probable Bronze Age round barrow

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Summary

The earthworks of a mound, probably a Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on the 0.5m resolution Lidar data. This probable barrow, along with NHER 29253, 33412, 61983-5, form a barrow cemetery (NHER 61986) – which is itself located in close proximity to numerous other barrows, forming a dispersed cemetery landscape group (NHER 61484) in this area.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TL79SE
Civil Parish	WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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February 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The earthworks of a mound, probably a Bronze Age round barrow, are visible on the 0.5m resolution Lidar data (S1). This mound measures 15m across and is accompanied by slight traces of an outer ditch. This probable barrow, along with NHER 29253, 33412, 61983-5, form a barrow cemetery (NHER 61986) – which is itself located in close proximity to numerous other barrows, forming a dispersed cemetery landscape group (NHER 61484) in this area.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 24 February 2017.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF94129 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Lynford Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).