NHER 63628 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Possible linear Bronze Age round barrow cemetery
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CRANWICH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
February 2020. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A possible linear Bronze Age round barrow cemetery is visible as a series of earthwork mounds on visualised lidar data (S1). The three mounds – NHER 63271, 63626 and 63627 – are very low and poorly defined, and their archaeological significance is questionable. A row of three mounds, marked as Robyn Hoodes Buttes, is shown in this area on a 17th century map (NHER 15523), and other possible barrows have been identified in the vicinity. Another possible interpretation for the mounds is that they were instead (or also) pillow or clapper mounds associated with the medieval to post medieval Methwold rabbit warren (NHER 55577). As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently (2015) it is probable that the earthworks still survive.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 3 February 2020.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF94129 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Weeting Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (3)
- Geographical: NHER 63626 - Parent of: Possible mound, perhaps a Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 63627 - Parent of: Possible mound, perhaps a Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
- Geographical: NHER 63271 - Parent of: Possible undated mound, perhaps a Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
Record last edited
Jan 31 2021 2:15PM