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Barrow group at Sturston, NE of Waterloo Farm

England
List entry 1002891
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002891
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.32 hectares
Grid reference
TL 87035 93158, TL 86913 93037, TL 87055 93544, TL 86986 93505, TL 86832 93093
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Barrow group at Sturston is a Bronze Age burial monument located northeast of Waterloo Farm in Norfolk, England. The site comprises a group of barrows typical of the funerary landscape established in Norfolk during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments represent the burial practices and social organisation of Bronze Age communities in East Anglia, contributing to our understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and ritual activity in the region. The barrows remain an important archaeological feature within the Scheduled Ancient Monument designation system.

Barrow group at Sturston, NE of Waterloo Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002891. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Barrow group at Sturston, NE of Waterloo Farm?

Barrow group at Sturston is a Bronze Age burial monument located northeast of Waterloo Farm in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002891.

Who is responsible for protecting Barrow group at Sturston, NE of Waterloo Farm?

Barrow group at Sturston, NE of Waterloo 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 1002891.

What other scheduled monuments are near Barrow group at Sturston, NE of Waterloo Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ruins of St Lawrence's Church (3.6 km), Mickle Hill (4.7 km), Grimes Graves, including round barrow in Grimes Graves Plantation (6.4 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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Civil War
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Ruins of St Lawrence's Church
3.6 km
Mickle Hill
4.7 km
Grimes Graves, including round barrow in Grimes Graves Plantation
6.4 km
Bowl barrow known as Blood Hill with associated remains of a boundary bank
6.6 km
Site of St Helen's Church with adjacent earthworks and holy well
6.9 km
Bowl barrow 230m south west of Little Lodge Farm
7.4 km
Santon moated site and associated medieval settlement
7.6 km
The earthworks and buried remains of the western boundary banks of Thetford Warren, including linked trapping banks and enclosures, along with an associated warrener's house known as Reed Fen Lodge
7.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Barrow group at Sturston, NE of Waterloo Farm

Barrow group at Sturston, NE of Waterloo Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Barrow group at Sturston, NE of Waterloo Farm

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~4 milesCaistor St EdmundsRoman town · ~23.1 miles
Domesday entry for Sturston, Norfolk →
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