NHER 3656 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Black Hill Bronze Age barrow
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Summary
A Bronze Age bowl barrow covered in trees. It forms part of a group of barrows in the area.
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TF82SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEASENHAM ALL SAINTS, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Bowl barrow, no visible ditch, 15.25m (50 feet) in diameter. In plantation, 90cm (3 feet) high.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Grinsell no. 4. Not ploughed in 1941.
17m in diameter, 50cm high, much overgrown with large pine in centre.
A. J. Lawson (NAU), March 1975.
November 1983.
No change.
J. Wymer (NAU).
Article missing from file [J. Yates, 12 November 2010].
Associated Sources (11)
- --- SNF53901 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. TF 8519Z.
- --- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF61.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Weasenham (All Saints).
- --- 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. TF 82 SW 7.
- <S1> SNF1540 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1913. Norfolk Barrows. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 416-423. p 423.
- <S2> SNF6237 Monograph: Grinsell, L.V.. 1936. Ancient Burial Mounds of England.. p 185.
- <S3> SNF6240 Monograph: Grinsell, L.V.. 1953. Ancient Burial Mounds of England.. pp 199, 203.
- <S4> SNF5874 Monograph: East Anglian Archaeology. East Anglian Archaeology. No XII.
- <S5> SNF369 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1941. [unknown]. 14 May.
- <S7> SNF5405 Designation: Corbishley, M.. 1983. AM107.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (4)
- Geographical: NHER 56103 - Part of: Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery, Weasenham Heath (Landscape)
- Chronological: NHER 3654 - Related to: Bronze Age barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Chronological: NHER 3657 - Related to: Bronze Age barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Chronological: NHER 3658 - Related to: Great Barrow, Weasenham Lyngs (Cropmark and Earthwork)
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Record last edited
Feb 24 2026 7:48AM