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Bell barrow 25m east of Finger Post Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of the Great Bircham barrow group in Norfolk. The monument consists of a bell-shaped mound characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice, in which a central grave is surrounded by a ditch with an external bank, creating the distinctive bell profile. As a scheduled ancient monument listed on the National Heritage List for England, the site preserves evidence of prehistoric burial ritual and settlement patterns in Norfolk during the Bronze Age period. The barrow group reflects the distribution of high-status burial sites across the Norfolk landscape during the second and first millennia before the Common Era.
Bell barrow 25m east of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010562. View the official record →
Bell barrow 25m east of Finger Post Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of the Great Bircham barrow group in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010562.
Bell barrow 25m east of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group 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 1010562.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 250m ESE of St Lawrence's Church (5.7 km), West Rudham long barrow (7.1 km), Long barrow on Harpley Common, 650m ESE of Cross's Grave (7.3 km).
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