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Barrow cemetery 450m N of Markshall Farm

England
List entry 1495428
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1495428
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.78 hectares
Grid reference
TG2343004647, TG2343004647
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Barrow cemetery 450m N of Markshall Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Norfolk, England. The site comprises a barrow or burial mound typical of the Bronze Age period, when such earthen monuments served as repositories for the deceased and functioned as territorial markers in the landscape. The barrow forms part of a broader pattern of Bronze Age funerary monuments distributed across Norfolk, reflecting the ritual and social practices of early metalworking communities in eastern England. Its survival to the present day, despite agricultural activity in the region, preserves evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial customs in this part of Norfolk.

Barrow cemetery 450m N of Markshall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1495428. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Barrow cemetery 450m N of Markshall Farm?

Barrow cemetery 450m N of Markshall Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1495428.

Who is responsible for protecting Barrow cemetery 450m N of Markshall Farm?

Barrow cemetery 450m N of Markshall Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1495428.

What other scheduled monuments are near Barrow cemetery 450m N of Markshall Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Late Neolithic or Bronze Age Henge type monument and D shaped enclosure 300m west of Twins Farm (0.7 km), Anglo-Saxon cemetery SW of Markshall Farm (0.9 km), Roman sites outside town walls (0.9 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Late Neolithic or Bronze Age Henge type monument and D shaped enclosure 300m west of Twins Farm
0.7 km
Anglo-Saxon cemetery SW of Markshall Farm
0.9 km
Roman sites outside town walls
0.9 km
Multi phased site dating from the Neolithic to the Anglo-Saxon period east of Harford Farm
1 km
Moated site at the Manor House, Arminghall
1.3 km
'Woodhenge', Arminghall
1.5 km
Venta Icenorum: Roman town and associated prehistoric, Anglo-Saxon and medieval remains
1.6 km
Remains of medieval settlement 400m east of Church Farm, Arminghall
1.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Barrow cemetery 450m N of Markshall Farm

Barrow cemetery 450m N of Markshall Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Barrow cemetery 450m N of Markshall Farm

Caistor St EdmundsRoman town · ~0.8 miles
Domesday entry for Markshall, Norfolk →
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