NHER 3529 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age barrow

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Summary

This Bronze Age barrow was partly excavated in 1843 by F.R. Lukis. The earth mound can still be seen but the ditch surrounding it is now infilled. The barrow is part of a cluster of Bronze Age barrows on Harpley Common.

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1010576: Bowl barrow 1200m ENE of Crow Hall: one of a group of round barrows on Harpley Common

Location

Map sheet	TF72NE
Civil Parish	HARPLEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Bowl Barrow 1200m east of Crow Hall, Harpley Common.

Barrow on Harpley Common.
Small tumulus some 36m to 45m (40 to 50 yards) southeast of NHER 3528. Height about 1m (3.5 feet), diameter about 4.27m (14 feet). No ditch, apparently undug. Surface close turf.
A.Q. Watson, 12 October 1935.

However probably that dug by Lukis in 1843 which contained loose flints at the top and dark stiff sand at the base. See (S1).

15m diameter, 1.05m high with ploughed edges. Grassed.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), 7 February 1974.

Now 13m diameter, heavily ploughed all round edge.
D.A. Edwards (NAU), 18 May 1981.

1987.
See [1].
J.J. Wymer (NAU).

Associated Sources (18)

--- SNF11624 Aerial Photograph: TF7527 D; TF7528 B,E,F; TF7627 E,G,M-N,AA-AQ,AT-ABJ; TF7628 A,B,E; TF7727 B,D.
--- SNF80460 Article in Serial: Robertson, D. & Paterson, H.. 2010. The Norfolk Monuments Management Project 1990-2010. Twenty Years Conserving the County's Rural Historic Environment.. Norfolk Archaeology. XLVI, pp 15-28.
--- SNF99120 Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF123.
--- SNF99123 Designation: English Heritage. 1994? -2011?. English Heritage Digital Designation Record. Record. DNF123.
--- SNF9430 Photograph: CXS 2, EME 1, EQF 1-6, EMV 4-5, EQG 1-7.
--- SNF9441 Photograph: Edwards, D.A.. 1989. CXT 8 to 9, CXX 6 to 7, EQF 11 to 12, EQG 13 to 14. Harpley Barrows.
--- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Harpley.
--- 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. TF 72 NE 13 [2].
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
--- SNF60932 Unpublished Document: Edwards, D.A.. 1989. Statement on the Aerial Photography of Plough Damage to Four Prehistoric Burial Mounds (Scheduled Ancient Monuments) at Harpley, Norfolk. 22 February.
--- SNF99861 Unpublished Document: Edwrds, D.. 1983. Condition report on barrows at Harpley and Anmer Minque.
--- SNF60933 Unpublished Document: Wymer, J.. 1989. A statement on the discovery of recent plough-damage to four prehistoric burial mounds scheduled as Ancient Monuments. 21 February.
--- SNF100243 Unpublished Report: Wymer, J. 1988. A Further Report on the Condition of Barrows in the County and the Question of their Preservation.
<S1> SNF2551 Article in Monograph: Edwards, D. 1976. The Air Photographs Collection of the Norfolk Archaeological Unit.. Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 2 pp 251-269.
<S1> SNF60935 Unpublished Document: Lukis, F.C.. Extract from one of the Lukis M.S. Note Books in Guernsey Museum..
<S2> SNF6712 Monograph: Lawson, A. J., Martin, E., Priddy, D. and Taylor, A. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia. East Anglian Archaeology. No 12.

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Record last edited

Jul 14 2021 2:57PM