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Burial Mounds in or close to the High Lodge Block

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Burial Mounds in or close to the High Lodge Block
Name Grid Ref Ref Type Size (metres) Notes
Little Lodge Farm TL 8368 8693 STN 001 Round 1.6x27 Visible ditch and external bank. On rising ground near river
  TL 8094 8728 STN 004     SE of road from Brandon to Santon Downham
  TL 8027 8678 STN 005 Bowl    
  TL 8027 8678 STN 006     SSW of Santon House on other side of river
  TL 8101 8758 STN 043 Bowl 1.5x 32 3m ditch infilled Sheduled ancient monument. Historic England 1017786
  TL 8041 8695 STN 047      
  TL 8092 8544 STN 086 Long   NW Brandon Park Visitor Centre
Broom Covert, Brandon TL 795 829 BRD195/6     W of B1106. S of Mayday Farm
White Hill, Brandon TL 7716 8498 Historic England 1017787 Bell 3x55 Scheduled ancient monument of national importance
Thetford Lodge Farm TL 823 856        
Lambpit Hill TL 843 831      
Barrow Hill TL 848 823        
Birds Hurst TL 815 818        
Weatherhill Oaks TL 827 854
Warren Plantation TL 822 845        
NE of High Wrong corner TL 818 830        
A1 TL 804 876       identified on 1929 map
A2 TL 806 876       identified on 1929 map

Burial mounds in the area surrounding the High Lodge Block

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Burial mounds in the area surrounding the High Lodge Block
Name Grid Ref Ref Type Size (metres) Notes
Bunkers Hill Weeting TL 7682 9095 NHER 11278 Round 2.4x25 Ditch 5m wide
Mt. Ephraim (Two Hills) Weeting TL 7759 1415 NHER 4995 pond / saucer 2.0x30 / 1.8x28 Both have ditches 3m wide. Possibly part of a group of at least 5 in a NE - SW line
Pepper Hill, Weeting TL 786 881 NHER 5616 Bowl 2.4x28 Protected, but some damage in the past, including 19c excavation
Wafe's Howe, Weeting TL 7569 8873 NHER 15525 Round 1.5x8 Prominent. Just below brow of hill
Emily’s Wood, Weeting TL 803 900   Bowl 1x30 2 barrows 560m E of wood
Botany Bay, Weeting TL 8044 8930 NHER 5649 / NHER 62020 Round   group of 5 barrows
Lynn Road Covert Feltwell TL 727 905 NHER 12797 bowl & other 0.8x29 One with ditch to diameter 41m. Group of 3 ring ditches on parish boundary with Methwold.
Barrow Clump Elveden TL 821 772 Historic England 1018044 bowl 0.5x27 Fenced. 3m ditch now infilled. 230m NW from Icknield Way near Shelterhouse Corner
Gallows Hill Thetford TL 864 847 NHER5744 & 5745 round   Possibly 2 barrows. Possible Roman origin. Little or nothing remains after industrial development
Tutt Hill Brettenham / Rushford TL 8832 8126 NHER 5957/8     One of a group of at least 7 barrows close to river
Little Cressingham TL 858 990 NHER 5051 - 5059 Various round types incl. bowl   A barrow cemetery of at least 8 in the Hopton Farm area. Some protected, others ploughed away.
Little Cressingham TL 858 990 NHER 22725 Long   Neolithic? No longer visible on ground but on old aerial photographs
Blood Hill, Lynford TL 818 899 NHER 5655 round 0.5x34 Crossed by boundary bank. Also track until 1980s. May be artificially elongated by this
Mickle Hill, Croxton TL 8734 8890 NHER 5707   1.6x32 Possibly Saxon, Slightly elongated. Close to Harling Drove
Hut Hill Knettishall Heath TL 9546 8024 Historic England 1018672 Bowl 0.5x32  
Brick Kiln Covert, Knettishall Heath TL 9619 8025 Historic England 1018673 bowl 1.5x28  
Cockley Cley TF 8280 0562 SMR 2688 bowl   During the medieval period the barrow was used as a moot, an open air meeting place for the hundred court.