NHER 7772 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age round barrow on Horsford Heath
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TG11NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HORSFORD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Oval mound around 1.8m (6 feet) high, 40m (44 yards) northwest to southeast and 25m (27 yards). No visible ditch. Heather and gorse covered. Shown on (S1).
R.R. Clarke (NCM), 19 December 1936.
Trees on it.
R.R. Clarke (NCM), 1959.
41m x 25m, 1.5m high surrounded by birches in plantation.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), 7 January 1976.
October 1983.
In clearing, apparently no change but overgrown.
J.Wymer (NAU).
2002.
Scheduled Ancient Monument Management Plan March 2002 to March 2007.
See (S2).
D. Gurney (NLA), 24 April 2002.
November 2009. Norfolk NMP.
An oval barrow is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1)-(S7), centred on TG 1858 1779, within Horsford dispersed barrow cemetery (NHER 52449).
The barrow measures 42m by 25m.
The barrow is aligned northwest-southeast, and appears to respect the 35m contour line.
E. Bales (NMP), November 2009.
Associated Sources (15)
- --- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF238.
- --- SNF5401 Designation: Corbishley, M.J.. 1983. AM107.
- --- SNF6712 Monograph: Lawson, A. J., Martin, E., Priddy, D. and Taylor, A. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. East Anglian Archaeology. No 12.
- --- SNF47358 Photograph: CXV 34.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Horsford.
- --- 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 11 NE 2 [2].
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF49461 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
- <S2> SNF51037 Unpublished Document: English Heritage. 2002. English Heritage Management Agreement.
- <S3> SNF72548 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1969. OS/69251 119-20 13-JUN-1969 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF72530 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1971. MAL 71020 080-81 11-APR-1971 (NMR).
- <S5> SNF72479 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1990. OS/90224 203-4 31-JUL-1990 (NMR).
- <S6> SNF72524 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1997. CUCAP ZNA 076-7 15-May-1997 (CUCAP).
- <S7> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 18-NOV-2009.
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Record last edited
Sep 24 2020 2:58PM