NHER 9208 (Monument record) - Site of Bronze Age barrow on Wilby Warren

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Summary

This is the former location of a Bronze Age barrow which was destroyed sometime before 1931 by the road to Old Buckenham Hall. Nothing now remains to attest to its presence.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM09SE
Civil Parish QUIDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Wilby barrow no.2. Descheduled. Destroyed before 1931 by road to Old Buckenham Hall.
Trace of material on both sides of road.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

No sign.
A. J. Lawson (NAU) 1976.

June 2012. Norfolk NMP.
This area was examined as part of the National Mapping Programme and it was possible to confirm that any potential barrow is likely to have been destroyed by the road. A second barrow was visible to the north, however (NHER 9207).
E. Bales (NMP), 19th June 2012.

  • --- Monograph: Lawson, A. J., Martin, E., Priddy, D. and Taylor, A. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. East Anglian Archaeology. No 12.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Quidenham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 09 SE 5.

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Record last edited

Jan 17 2025 12:58PM

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