NHER 9464 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age round barrow, Big Wood
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TG10SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KETTERINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Barrow.
Near to gravel pits, formerly in plantation (Big Wood) revealed by tree felling 1921.
274m (300 yds.) from NHER 9463.
Gravel pits around.
36m (40 paces) diameter, about 1.9m (6'6") high, trees all over, no visible ditch.
(S1) observations 26 January 1923; 18 December 1923; 20 February 1925.
R.R. Clarke (NCM)
37m diameter, 2.5m high, covered in trees and bracken in wood.
Trench 1m square cut in centre about 1970.
A.J. Lawson (NAU) 9 December 1975.
Ancient Monuments Form, (S2).
August 1983.
Hole dug in mound ?by children. Immediately to east another mound, very irregular about 15m across, 1m high, but only spoil from excavation?
J. Wymer (NAU).
January 2001. Visit.
Barrow tree covered in wood. No ground cover or disturbance. S.17 Management Agreement in conjunction with NHER 9463 to be drawn up.
H. Paterson (A&E) 2 February 2001.
April 2011. Norfolk NMP.
The round barrow described above is visible faintly as an earthwork on aerial photographs in 1945 (S3-S4), however it becomes harder to see through the tree cover on photographs from 1946 onwards. It is centred on TG 1833 0492 and appears to measure up to 16m in diameter.
E. Bales (NMP), 14 April 2011.
Associated Sources (11)
- --- SNF99168 Designation: [Various]. Scheduling and/or Listing Correspondence. Correspondence. DNF79.
- --- SNF5401 Designation: Corbishley, M.J.. 1983. AM107.
- --- SNF9407 Photograph: CXR 1-3.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Hethersett.
- --- 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. Tg 10 SE 7.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF5265 Publication: Clarke, W.G.. MSS 129.
- <S2> SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF79.
- <S3> SNF80337 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/795 6064-5 12-SEPT-1945 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF80338 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/770 6137-8 06-SEPT-1945 (NMR).
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Record last edited
Jun 23 2023 11:17AM