NHER 54361 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Soilmarks of possible barrows or mounds of uncertain date

June 2010. Norfolk NMP.
The soilmarks of possible round barrows or former mounds of uncertain date and significance may be visible on aerial photographs to the south of Weston Road, Easton (S1-S2). The site is centred on TG 1316 1209. The nature of these soilmarks is uncertain and it is possible that the smaller southernmost soilmark, visible on (S1) may be the result of the harvesting process and relate to where material has recently been stacked. Numerous finds of prehistoric date have been found within the general vicinity of the cropmarks (NHER 13415, 13982-3, 13985) and this could add to the interpretation of the possible mounds as former Bronze Age barrows. Of potential significance is the site of a possible early Saxon burial (NHER 34886) recorded in this general vicinity and this could feasibly indicate either the Saxon re-use of a prehistoric barrow or an actual barrow of Saxon date. Both of the possible mounds would also have been located on a knoll of higher ground, which would be characteristic of round barrows. However given the uncertainty over the archaeological origin of the soilmarks such interpretations must be considered only a possibility without further evidence.
S. Horlock (NMP), 08 June 2010.