NHER 63631 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Probable Bronze Age round barrow

THE BRONZE AGE ROUND BARROW DESCRIBED BELOW WAS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AS PART OF NHER 4995.

February 2020. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A probable Bronze Age round barrow, previously recorded as part of NHER 4995, survives as an earthwork at Mount Ephraim, Weeting. It is visible on visualised lidar data (S1). Together with a second round barrow to its northeast (NHER 63630) and a pond barrow to its southwest (NHER 11522), it formed part of a probable linear barrow cemetery (NHER 63629). This in turn lies on the northern edge of a wider dispersed group of barrows and possible cemeteries (NHER 61484), while a less dense spread of probable barrows is evident on former Cranwich Heath to the north (NHER 63617 and 63618 for example).
The mound is encircled by a ring ditch and external bank. Previous records of the site (see NHER 4995) suggest that it may have been the subject of antiquarian investigations. On the lidar imagery, the top of the mound appears notably flat, possibly with a slight depression, and this may relate to antiquarian excavations.
As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently, it is probable that the earthwork still survives.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 10th February 2020.