NHER 2307 (Monument record) - Bronze Age round barrow

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Summary

This is the site of a Bronze Age round barrow. Prehistoric flints were found on the site in 1947.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF72SE
Civil Parish GREAT MASSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Possible tumulus.
About 6.1m (20 ft) diameter, 38cm to 50cm (15 to 20 inches) high, concentration of flints on it.
I. J. Thatcher, 11 April 1947.

No sign of definite barrow 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.
A primary flint flake was found on the surface of the sutbble field.
See (S1).
D. Robertson (HES), 23 August 2011.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Massingham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Archive: HES. HLS Consultation file.
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Record last edited

Apr 25 2023 7:54AM

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