NHER 9156 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age barrow, Hargham Heath

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Summary

A Bronze Age round barrow was discovered in woodland southeast of NHER 9155, close to the boundary with Attleborough and Old Buckenham. It survives in good condition and will have the scrub cleared from it sometime in the future. No ditch was found in association with the barrow.

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1003171: Round barrow on Hargham Heath

Location

Map sheet	TM09SW
Civil Parish	QUIDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Southeast of NHER 9155, close to boundary with Attleborough and Old Buckenham.
Tumulus 60cm (2ft) high, 20 paces diameter, bracken covered, no visible ditch.
R. R. Clarke (NCM) and H. Apling, 10 September 1934.
R. R. Clarke (NCM) 24 December 1936.

20 paces diameter, 80cm high. Covered in bracken and with one birch on heath.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 11 February 1976.

Letter and sketch plan (S1) in file.

March 1985. Fair condition. 17m diameter 0.50m high, no trace of ditch. Covered by scrub and bracken.
J. Wymer (NAU)

Mound in woodland, bracken and birch predominate, with two mature birch on summit of monument. This will be felled, by cutting at ground level, when work on trees is next undertaken in this area.
H. Paterson (NLA) 30 Nov 1998.

December 2012. Norfolk NMP.
It was not possible to positively identify this feature from the available aerial photographs, consulted as part of the Norfolk National Mapping Programme.
E. Ford (NMP), 5 December 2012.

Associated Sources (8)

--- SNF4372 Article in Serial: Apling, H. 1931. Bronze Age Settlements in Norfolk. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Vol VI Pt IV pp 365-370. p 336 map.
--- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF452.
--- SNF99122 Designation: Department Of The Environment. 1882-1984?. Department of the Environment Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF452.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Quidenham.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 09 SW 10.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF51288 Drawing: Unknown. Sketch plan of finds site. Film.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Quidenham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jan 16 2025 1:01PM