NHER 53268 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age round barrow

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Summary

A Bronze Age round barrow survives as an earthwork, is visible on aerial photographs and is described in documents relating to antiquarian excavations. It forms the easternmost element of a linear barrow cemetery (NHER 9549) which lies on what was once Eaton Heath.

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Location

Map sheet TG20NW
Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Map

June 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A Bronze Age round barrow survives as an earthwork on Eaton golf course (formerly Eaton Heath) and is visible on aerial photographs (S1)-(S4), centred at TG 2146 0607. It forms the easternmost element of a linear round barrow cemetery, NHER 9549, under which record all previous information concerning the site is held (the barrow was formerly recorded as context 1). As mapped by the NMP, the barrow measures approximately 41.5m in diameter, and comprises an incomplete, roughly circular ring ditch, enclosing a roughly circular mound and narrow berm.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 23 June 2010.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/772 6009-10 06-SEP-1945 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 58/725 (Vp2) 5010-12 21-JUN-1951 (NMR).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1953. RAF 82/759 324-5 09-APR-1953 (NMR).
  • <S4> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1961. MAL 61500 95833-4 30-AUG-1961 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Aug 22 2012 10:03AM

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