Monument record ELV 002 - Probable Bronze Age Round Barrow

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Summary

A scheduled probable Bronze Age round barrow has been recorded from field visits and is seen as an earthwork on aerial photographs.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 8210 7726 (24m by 24m)
Map sheet TL87NW
Civil Parish ELVEDEN, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (4)

Full Description

Round Barrow (remains of), S of Duke's Ride.
1841: Marked as John Mann's Clump on Tithe Map.
Circa 1935: Nearly round (slightly oval), circumference about 60 paces, height only about 2 feet. Much mutilated by rabbit holes (R1). 1962: Site of barrow is situated in centre of a large cultivated field some 300m N of the line of the Icknield Way at TL 8210 7726. It is indicated by a very flattened and mutilated mound with several fir trees growing upon it. There is no visible ditch (R2).
1976: Barrow lies in the middle of a ploughed field and is covered with 3 large fir trees, elder scrub and rough grass, circa 21m diameter, 0.4m high. Margins ploughed (S1).
1977: Measures 12m N-S, 10m E-W, 0.4m high (R2).
Visible on OS AP 76-131-300.
June 1998: Scheduled - details in (S2).

January 2020. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A probable Bronze Age barrow is seen as earthwork on aerial photographs (S3-S4). The barrow has been previously recorded from field visits (see above) and is scheduled. The barrow is obscured by tree cover on the 1940s aerial photographs and can be seen clearly as an earthwork on recent (2016) aerial photographs.
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 16th January 2020.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <S1> (No record type): Martin, E.A.. Martin E, SAU, 1976.
  • <R1> (No record type): NWHCM, photograph.
  • <M1> (No record type): Barrow index:.
  • <M2> (No record type): SAM file: (S2).
  • <R2> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL87NW3.
  • <S2> (No record type): English Heritage, scheduling information, 1998.
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/CPE/UK/1801 RP 3172-3173 25-OCT-1946 (HEA Original Print.
  • <S4> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery TL8277 01-MAY-2016 (Digital Colour).

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Record last edited

Mar 5 2020 4:55PM

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