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Bowl barrow 1200m ENE of Crow Hall: one of a group of round barrows on Harpley Common

England
List entry 1010576
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010576
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
TF 76719 27934
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 1200m ENE of Crow Hall is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Harpley Common in Norfolk. It is one of a substantial group of round barrows surviving in this landscape, reflecting the intensive use of the common for burial practice during the Bronze Age period. The barrow takes the form of a bowl-shaped mound characteristic of its type, representing a significant archaeological resource for understanding prehistoric settlement and burial customs in Norfolk. Its presence within a broader barrow group indicates the ceremonial importance of Harpley Common as a burial landscape during the second millennium BC.

Bowl barrow 1200m ENE of Crow Hall: one of a group of round barrows on Harpley Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010576. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 1200m ENE of Crow Hall: one of a group of round barrows on Harpley Common?

Bowl barrow 1200m ENE of Crow Hall is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Harpley Common in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010576.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 1200m ENE of Crow Hall: one of a group of round barrows on Harpley Common?

Bowl barrow 1200m ENE of Crow Hall: one of a group of round barrows on Harpley Common 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 1010576.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 1200m ENE of Crow Hall: one of a group of round barrows on Harpley Common?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows on Stonepit Hills (5.2 km), Moated site at The Old Rectory (7.1 km), Roman villa one mile (1600m) E of village (7.2 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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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

Two bowl barrows on Stonepit Hills
5.2 km
Moated site at The Old Rectory
7.1 km
Roman villa one mile (1600m) E of village
7.2 km
Roman villa adjoining Watery Lane
8 km
Two bowl barrows on Massingham Common: 900m and 930m south west of Field Barn
8.1 km
Well Hall Roman settlement
8.5 km
Bowl barrow 540m east of Mink Patches
8.9 km
Medieval settlement remains 500m west of Well Hall
9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 1200m ENE of Crow Hall: one of a group of round barrows on Harpley Common

Bowl barrow 1200m ENE of Crow Hall: one of a group of round barrows on Harpley Common stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 1200m ENE of Crow Hall: one of a group of round barrows on Harpley Common

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~23.8 miles
Domesday entry for Harpley, Norfolk →
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