NHER 3521 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age round barrow
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF72NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BIRCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1951.
Round barrow seen by D. R. Howlett. Traces of ditch on east.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Sherds of grey Roman ware by barrow.
Sherds of Rouletted Beaker and Rusticated ware with flint flake from barrow.
February 1974.
Dubious identification due to undulating nature of ground, but rise 40m in diameter, 1.5m high in field (ploughed) half on Peddars Way.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 7 February 1974.
March 1984.
This is definitely a barrow. Half ploughed in field, half covered in trees.
J. J. Wymer (NAU) March 1984.
May 1987.
Half of barrow at side of Peddars Way, other half still ploughed, and consequently much lower.
J. J. Wymer (NAU).
1990-1991.
Barrow disturbed by pipeline without archaeological supervision.
E. Rose (NLA) 11 February 1992
1991.
Visible as low mound, much spread in field, with some rabbit disturbance. Western half of barrow masked by bracken, forming east edge of Peddars Way.
March 1991.
Standing to 1.5m high by Peddars Way, less in field. Portion of barrow in field appears to be under set aside.
See (S1) in file.
H. Paterson (A&E) March 1991
April 1998.
Section of barrow on footpath under thick grass and bracken. Section in field now mostly under a 2m grass field margin, this protecting from further plough damage.
H. Paterson (A&E) 22 April 1998.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF9484 Photograph: CXZ 6.
- --- SNF5088 Publication: Clarke, D. L. 1970. Beaker Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 2. Nos 537-538.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Bincham.
- --- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Bircham.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
- <S1> SNF56908 Unpublished Document: Paterson, H.. 1999. Site visit notes.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (3)
- FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
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Record last edited
Mar 11 2025 8:28AM