NHER 3701 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age round barrow

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Summary

A Bronze Age round barrow that may survive as a low mound and that is visible on aerial photographs. In 1940 it was 0.9m tall and in 1991 it may have stood to about the same height. An excavation was carried out in 1938 and a burnt area and stone object were discovered. Flint flakes have also been recovered.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF82SE
Civil Parish	LITCHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Bowl barrow.
23 to 24m (25 to 26 yards) diameter, 0.9m (3 feet) high. Flakes.
R.R. Clarke (NCM), 15th June 1936

1938.
Trench dug into barrow from 3.6m (12 feet) south of its centre to depth of 0.6m (2 feet). At 0.3m (1 feet) a piece of mica bearing stone was found and at 0.6m (2 feet) a layer of blackened calcined earth was noted
E.I. Puddy, 1941.

1940.
Ditch and bank in fair state of preservation. Diameter 27.9m (93 feet) ditch to ditch and height 0.88m (2 feet 11 inches).
E.I. Puddy, 1941.

One of two barrows noted on Litcham Heath in (S1).
(S2), (S3), (S4).

No sign of barrow in ploughed field, but shows as ring ditch on 1946 RAF aerial photograph.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), 16 March 1976.

Details in file.

November 1983.
Nothing seen in field of natural bumps and hollows.
J. Wymer (NAU).

Department of Environment printout 1988 says not scheduled.

Barrow doubtfully recognised in undulating field under arable.
Possibly maximum 1m high, very spread.
H. Paterson (NAU), 5 February 1991.

Associated Sources (13)

--- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF62.
--- SNF62933 Illustration: Puddy, E.I.. 1941. Litcham Tumulus.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Litcham.
--- 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. TF 82 SE 4 [2].
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF58202 Unpublished Document: Paterson, H. (A&E). Norfolk Ancient Monuments Management Project Site Form.
--- SNF7846 Unpublished Document: Puddy, E.I.. 1958. Litcham, history of a Norfolk village..
--- SNF56754 Unpublished Report: Ministry of Works. Scheduling Report [generic record].
<S1> SNF5229 Publication: Clarke, W.G.. 1942. MS 129.
<S2> SNF1540 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1913. Norfolk Barrows. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 416-423. p 420.
<S3> SNF7842 Publication: Puddy, E.A.. 1957. Litchamp.3. 2.
<S4> SNF5878 Monograph: East Anglian Archaeology. East Anglian Archaeology. No XII.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (2)

FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

Related NHER Records (1)

Geographical: NHER 56103 - Part of: Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery, Weasenham Heath (Landscape)

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Litcham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 23 2025 8:59AM