NHER 63629 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Probable Bronze Age round barrow cemetery at Mount Ephraim

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Summary

A probable Bronze Age round barrow cemetery is visible as earthworks on visualised lidar data, at Mount Ephraim, Weeting. It comprises two bowl barrows (NHER 63630 and 63631) and a possible pond barrow (NHER 11522). The barrows are positioned in a linear arrangement orientated northeast-southwest, along a natural ridge or knoll. The cemetery lies on the northern edge of a wider dispersed group of barrows and possible cemeteries (NHER 61484), while a less dense spread of probable barrows is evident on former Cranwich Heath to the north (NHER 63617 and 63618 for example). As it is clearly visible on visualised lidar data from a survey flown in 2015, it is probable that the earthworks still survive.

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Location

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

Map

May 2020. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A probable Bronze Age round barrow cemetery is visible as earthworks on visualised lidar data (S1). It comprises two bowl barrows (NHER 63630 and 63631) and a possible pond barrow (NHER 11522). The barrows are positioned in a linear arrangement orientated northeast-southwest, along a natural ridge or knoll. As it is clearly visible on the visualised lidar data, and the survey was flown relatively recently (2015), it is probable that the earthworks still survive.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 6th May 2020.

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

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Record last edited

Dec 3 2020 3:11PM

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