NHER 9290 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of Bronze Age oval barrow

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Summary

An oval Bronze Age barrow was identified in 1936 but it was completely bulldozed away in the 1950s. The site is now visible as a ring ditch on aerial photographs of the site.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG10NE
Civil Parish	BAWBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Oval barrow on The Hangings near Easton boundary.
'Many years ago part of middle of east side was carried away for gravel, primary interment destroyed.'
See (S1).

About 26m (88 ft) north to south diameter; 1.5m (5 ft) height, no visible ditch. Now crescent shaped. Bracken covered.
R. R. Clarke (NCM), 25 July 1936.

1957.
Bulldozed away.
See (S2).
H. de Caux.

No sign on edge of heath.
A. J. Lawson 20 November 1975.

19 July 1977. NAU aerial photographs.
Positive cropmark of ring ditch on pasture of Norfolk Agricultural Society Showground Car Parks.
D.A. Edwards (NAU) 18 January 1980.

July 2010. Norfolk NMP.
The oval barrow is visible as an earthwork (S3-S4) and later as a ploughed out cropmark (S5-S7) on aerial photographs. It is centred on TG 1517 0996 and measures 27m in external diameter. A possible curvilinear enclosure (NHER 54440) has been recorded approximately 200m to the northwest, and this may be related to the ring ditch.
E. Bales (NMP), 20 July 2010.

Associated Sources (12)

--- SNF12715 Aerial Photograph: TG1509C-D.
--- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. NHER9290.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Bawburugh.
--- 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. TG 10 NE 1.
<S1> SNF5229 Publication: Clarke, W.G.. 1942. MS 129.
<S2> SNF2065 Article in Serial: De Caux, H. 1942. A Prehistoric Site in the Yare Valley. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVIII Pt I pp 71-75. p 71.
<S3> SNF76491 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/70 5041-2 28-FEB-1946 (NMR).
<S4> SNF76443 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1428 4433-4 16-APR-1946 (NMR).
<S5> SNF76492 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1953. RAF 82/759 0077-8 09-APR-1953 (NMR).
<S6> SNF76493 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1964. OS/64205 003-4 22-SEPT-1964 (NMR).
<S7> SNF76448 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D. NLA. 1977. NHER TG 1509C-D (NLA 45/AJB15-16) 19-JUL-1977.

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Bawburgh (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Aug 29 2018 10:24AM