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Bell barrow and moot 600m SSE of Finger Post Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of the Great Bircham barrow group in Norfolk. The site comprises a bell barrow, a distinctive burial mound characterised by a raised central knoll surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, together with an associated moot or meeting place. The monument dates to the Bronze Age period when such barrows served as burial structures for individuals of considerable status within their communities. The barrow group of which it forms a part represents a significant concentration of prehistoric funerary remains in the Norfolk landscape, demonstrating the importance of this location during the second and first millennia before the Common Era.
Bell barrow and moot 600m SSE of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010565. View the official record →
Bell barrow and moot 600m SSE 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 1010565.
Bell barrow and moot 600m SSE 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 1010565.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 250m ESE of St Lawrence's Church (5.1 km), Flitcham Priory, medieval settlement and 16th century great house (5.9 km), West Rudham long barrow (6.5 km).
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