NHER 2305 (Monument record) - Bronze Age round barrow
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF72SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT MASSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Small tumulus.
Near heath boundary due northwest of the place where a hedge juts out into the arable field at the northeast corner of (S1).
Excavated by J. E. Sainty and A. Q. Watson, 18 September 1937.
Flakes, and small piece of pottery broken in two (seen by R. R. Clarke (NCM)) found in infilling.
Also a few small fragments of charcoal.
Dug trench towards centre, mound dug by warreners after rabbits.
Undateable pottery.
No sign of mound in ploughed field.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 8 February 1974.
This barrow is likely to form part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery (NHER 55865), which includes five other barrows.
A. Cattermole (HES), 25 July 2011.
August 2011. Field visit.
No earthwork/barrow present.
D. Robertson (HES), 23 August 2011.
Associated Sources (3)
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- FLAKE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Unknown date)
Related NHER Records (1)
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Record last edited
Apr 25 2023 7:54AM