NHER 3657 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Bronze Age barrow
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Summary
A Bronze Age saucer barrow. It forms part of a group of barrows in the area.
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TF82SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEASENHAM ALL SAINTS, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Saucer barrow, 43m (140 feet) in diameter; ditch inside bank. In plantation.
Central area 30.5m (100 feet) in diameter, ditch 2.75m (9 feet), bank 3m (10 feet) across. Grinsell No. 3. Not ploughed in 1941.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Outer bank 3m wide, 1m high; ditch 3m wide, 1m deep; mound 35m in diameter, 1.5m high. In plantation.
A.J. Lawson (NAU), March 1975.
April 1988. No change.
J. Wymer (NAU).
Associated Sources (11)
- --- SNF53901 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. TF 8519Z.
- --- SNF43 Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF61.
- --- SNF87258 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Bronze Age. Weasenham (All Saints).
- --- 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 82 SW 6.
- <S1> SNF1540 Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1913. Norfolk Barrows. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 416-423. p 423.
- <S2> SNF6237 Monograph: Grinsell, L.V.. 1936. Ancient Burial Mounds of England.. p 185.
- <S3> SNF6240 Monograph: Grinsell, L.V.. 1953. Ancient Burial Mounds of England.. pp 199, 203.
- <S4> SNF5874 Monograph: East Anglian Archaeology. East Anglian Archaeology. No XII.
- <S5> SNF369 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1941. [unknown]. 14 May.
- <S7> SNF5405 Designation: Corbishley, M.. 1983. AM107.
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Record last edited
Mar 29 2022 9:19AM