NHER 2854 (Monument record) - Possible Bronze Age barrows
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DEREHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
Mounds.
'Two mounds on the Vicarage Meadows at Dereham may be tumuli, probably of the Bronze Age. The Vicar of Dereham, Reverend Noel Boston, who is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries told a reporter that they had been inspected recently by Dr E. N. Falaise, an authority on the Bronze Age, who was for many years Secretary of the Anthropological Institute and Sir Alfred Clapham President of the Royal Archaeological Society and a past presedent of the Society of Antiquaries. Only finds during excavation can determine that these were burial places of the Bronze Age, of which a small number have been listed in Norfolk. In due course after permission from the Ministry of Works has been recieved, it is hoped to excavate the mounds which show no signs of having been opened.'
Information from (S1).
Very doubtful .
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Vicarage Meadows is area generally around 987 132. Meadow to north of vicarage now landscaped for building bungalows. Earthworks on site NHER 2873 to south are medieval deserted medieval village probably.
A. J. Lawson (NAU), 1975.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Dereham (East).
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF3393 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1947. [unknown]. 23 September.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
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Record last edited
Apr 6 2016 3:27PM