NHER 7779 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Site of Bronze Age round barrow
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG11NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HORSFORD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1970.
Double rings on aerial photograph. Evidence on ground seen by Mr. Edwards (Amenity Section, County Hall). Rings not yet seen by NCM staff.
See (S1).
1973. Topographic Survey.
Surveyed by A.J. Lawson (NAU).
Circular double bank and ditch. Doubtfully destroyed barrow. Inner bank 3m wide. 0.3m deep, berm 6m wide, ditch round central earthwork.
See (S2) for further details.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2018.302).
E. Rose (NLA). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 April 2019.
November 2009. Norfolk NMP.
A Bronze Age round barrow with double concentric ring ditches is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S3-S8), on land within Horsford Woods plantation, within a dispersed barrow cemetery (NHER 52449).
The round barrow has a central mound, measuring approximately 15m in diameter, surrounded by a 1.8m wide inner ditch. This is surrounded by a bank which measures between 2m and 7.4m, but is not evident for the entire width between the two ditches, perhaps due to degradation. The outer ditch is up to 2.7m in width, and the overall external diameter measures 43m. Outside the outer ditch a fragmentary bank is evident to the south east measuring up to 5.2m in width.
The site of this barrow has been moved approximately 80m to the northwest of the original site, from TG 1936 1818 to TG 1933 1825.
E. Bales (NMP), November 2009.
Associated Sources (12)
- --- SNF12764 Aerial Photograph: TG1918A-T, Q.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Horsford.
- --- SNF99172 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Horsford.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S2> SNF6712 Monograph: Lawson, A. J., Martin, E., Priddy, D. and Taylor, A. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. East Anglian Archaeology. No 12.
- <S3> SNF72527 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/LA/191 7092 22-MAR-1945 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF72616 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1636 4225-6 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
- <S5> SNF72533 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF CPE/UK/1801 4044 25-OCT-1946 (NMR).
- <S6> SNF72549 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1955. RAF 540/1723 (F21) 0121-2 04-OCT-1955 (NMR).
- <S7> SNF72546 Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1964. NHER TG 1918V (RAF) XX XXXX 1964 (NLA).
- <S8> SNF72530 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1971. MAL 71020 080-81 11-APR-1971 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (1)
Record last edited
Apr 26 2019 11:29PM