NHER 3540 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Anmer Minque Bronze Age barrow

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Summary

A Bronze Age platform or bowl barrow, which has survived as an earthwork visible on the ground and on aerial photographs. Prehistoric flint flakes have been found on the site, and Bronze Age pottery fragments were found during an excavation in 1948.

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1013576: Bowl barrow and moot on Anmer Minque, 590m SSE of junction of Peddars Way and the B1135

Location

Map sheet	TF72NE
Civil Parish	FLITCHAM WITH APPLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Platform barrow about 1.2m high, 29.2m diameter.
Turf covered, undug except by rabbits.

14 June 1936
Flakes picked up by A. Q. Watson.
R. R. Clarke (NCM)

1938.
Bronze Age sherds from burrows by P. L. K. Schwabe.
(S1) calls this Anmer.

January 1948.
Excavation of centre by I. J. Thatcher.
Section drawn but destroyed.
Fragments of Bronze Age pottery found.

On (S2) R. R. Clarke (NCM) notes as 'moothill of Freebridge Hundred', but (S3) and (S4) say site NHER 3477 is the moothill.
(S5) states that 'There are many Roman remains from tumuli on Anmer Heath'.

1975.
Mound 29m diameter, 1.4m high covered in elders on ploughed field.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 1975.

1983.
Excellent condition; marked by steel stakes, berm of one tractor width left uncultivated.
Dimensions as last entry.
D. A. Edwards (NAU) 18 May 1983.

October 1995.
Scheduling description gives the measurements 33m wide 1m high.
Information from (S6).
E. Rose (NLA) 20 November 1995.

Damage by ploughing in 1998 reported by [1].
Confirmed by H. Paterson (A&E).
Landowner has apologised.
E. Rose (NLA) 15 September 1998.

29 July 1996. NLA air photography.
Earthwork visible.
H. Clare (NLA), 2 May 2001.

Associated Sources (15)

--- SNF48925 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TF7528/ABD - ABJ.
--- SNF11626 Aerial Photograph: TF7528 R-T,AB-AH,AN-AP,AV-AZ; TF7627 G; TF7629 A,B.
--- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF168.
--- SNF99120 Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF169.
--- SNF9433 Photograph: CXS 4.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Flitchham.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF99861 Unpublished Document: Edwrds, D.. 1983. Condition report on barrows at Harpley and Anmer Minque.
--- SNF100243 Unpublished Report: Wymer, J. 1988. A Further Report on the Condition of Barrows in the County and the Question of their Preservation.
<S1> SNF1540 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1913. Norfolk Barrows. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 416-423. p 418.
<S2> SNF52555 Map: NCM. NCM Record Map.
<S3> SNF4598 Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1805-1810. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Volume Unknown.
<S4> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S5> SNF48274 Monograph: Bryant, J.. 1900. Norfolk Churches..
<S6> SNF99123 Designation: English Heritage. 1994? -2011?. English Heritage Digital Designation Record. Record. DNF169.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (4)

LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Flitcham with Appleton (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Apr 1 2022 11:52AM