NHER 9157 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Gallows Hill, Quidenham
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TM09SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | QUIDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Gallows Hill (OS) - Gibbet Hill
W. G. Clarke.
Gallows recorded in (S1). Large bracken covered barrow north of Eccles Road station 3m (10ft) high.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Barrow approximately 137m (150yds) circumference
H. D. Hewitt.
Covered in alder bushes and bracken riddled by rabbits - flat or slightly concave top. Slight ditch, six paces wide. Excavated south side? Fragment of Neidermedig lava found on it by R. R. Clarke (NCM). Sixty paces diameter, 3.66m (12ft) high.
H. D. Hewitt 13 July 1935.
R. R. Clarke (NCM) 24 December 1936.
(S2) alongside old Bury Road.
(S3) 'almost a mile northwest of town'.
1970.
OS card says totally destroyed by an excavation - two spoil heaps to south.
1976, 11 February.
Large mound about 4m high, 30m diameter, much damaged with pine trees. Perhaps not correctly identified.
See (S2).
A. Lawson (NAU).
August 1983.
Confirmed that both A. Lawson (NAU) and J. Wymer (NAU) had mistaken a gravel pit spoil heap for the barrow.
February 1985.
Proper barrow confirmed as irregular rabbit riddled mound adjacent, 0.5m high, not destroyed as OS say.
Located by [1] and J. Wymer (NAU).
In extremely poor state, riddled with rabbit burrows. According to owner severely damaged by military activity in World War Two.
H. Paterson (NLA) 21 April 1997.
Ancient Monument description in file.
November 2012. Norfolk NMP.
A possible circular mound is visible as a slight earthwork on aerial photographs (S5), centred on TM 0141 9019. The mound measures approximately 30m in diameter, although it appears to have suffered some disturbance due to its proximity to the World War Two airfield, and it is difficult to be certain of its provenance. However, it seems likely to be the feature to which this record relates.
E. Ford (NMP), 27 November 2012.
Associated Sources (15)
- --- SNF52409 Article in Serial: Whyte, N.. 2003. The Deviant Dead in the Norfolk Landscape.. Landscapes. Vol 4, No 1. pp 24-39.
- --- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF518.
- --- SNF9408 Photograph: CXR 10, CYA 5-6.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Quidenham.
- --- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Quidenham.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 09 SW M; TM 09 SW 14.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF100243 Unpublished Report: Wymer, J. 1988. A Further Report on the Condition of Barrows in the County and the Question of their Preservation.
- --- SNF100243 Unpublished Report: Wymer, J. 1988. A Further Report on the Condition of Barrows in the County and the Question of their Preservation.
- <S1> SNF498 Publication: 1681. Buxton MSS.
- <S2> SNF1540 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1913. Norfolk Barrows. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 416-423. p 419.
- <S3> SNF4704 Monograph: Blomefield, F. 1806. The History of The City and County of Norwich, Part I. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Vol III. p 275.
- <S4> SNF6712 Monograph: Lawson, A. J., Martin, E., Priddy, D. and Taylor, A. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. East Anglian Archaeology. No 12.
- <S5> SNF86320 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1707 3106-7 29-AUG-1946 (NMR).
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Record last edited
Feb 18 2021 10:12AM