NHER 21966 (Monument record) - Site of Brents Hills, Branthills Farm

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Summary

A mound marked 'Brents Hills' is marked at this location on a map of 1590. The mound, which is no longer visible, may have been a Bronze Age round barrow.

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Map sheet TF94SW
Civil Parish HOLKHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1590. Barrow?
(S1) shows knoll here marked as Brents Hills.
Illustration is identical to Catte Hill (NHER 12585) and Howe Hill (NHER 1790) both of which are supposed to be barrows. The name presumably derives from 'burnt hills', so is this a barrow?
E. Rose (NAU) 22 November 1985.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Map: Clerke, T. 1590. The Description of the lordeshippe or mannor of Holkeham as the same lyethe within the meetes and boundes in the countie of Norfolke [Map of Holkham parish].

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Jun 19 2017 11:41AM

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