NHER 4496 (Monument record) - Bronze Age round barrow

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Summary

This is the site of a Bronze Age round barrow, in which human remains and other finds were found, in the 18th or 19th century.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish BARTON BENDISH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

'On Barton Smeeth were found (in moving a tumuli for Agricultural improvments), a quantity of Human bones, several weapons of war, nearly a tumbrill full of bones were carted and put in a hole opened in St Andrew's churchyard for their reception and were there put in'.
See (S1) and (S2).

No signs of barrows in neighbourhood of Smeeth Farm, TF 735 071, though barrow site NHER 4497 is west of Smeeth Wood in Marham parish.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 1976.

Alan Davison (NAU) notes; site NHER 4497 is in fact on Marham Smeeth, not Barton Smeeth.
Barton Smeeth was indeed the area around Smeeth Farm.
E. Rose (NAU) 5 June 1985.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Barton Bendish.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 70 NW 15.
  • <S1> Serial: Goddard-Johnson. c.1840. MS additions to Blomefield.. Vol 2, no 160.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1913. Norfolk Barrows. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 416-423. p 418.
  • HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Jun 3 2016 10:57AM

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