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Bowl barrow 300m south of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group

England
List entry 1010563
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010563
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.13 hectares
Grid reference
TF 77422 31111
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 300m south of Finger Post Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Great Bircham barrow group in Norfolk. The monument comprises a circular earthwork of characteristic bowl barrow form, typical of funerary monuments constructed during the Bronze Age period. It is situated within a significant archaeological landscape containing multiple barrows, indicating concentrated Bronze Age burial activity in the Great Bircham area. The site is registered on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1010563.

Bowl barrow 300m south of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010563. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 300m south of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group?

Bowl barrow 300m south of Finger Post Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the Great Bircham barrow group in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010563.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 300m south of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group?

Bowl barrow 300m south 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 1010563.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 300m south of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 250m ESE of St Lawrence's Church (5.4 km), West Rudham long barrow (6.8 km), Long barrow on Harpley Common, 650m ESE of Cross's Grave (7 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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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 250m ESE of St Lawrence's Church
5.4 km
West Rudham long barrow
6.8 km
Long barrow on Harpley Common, 650m ESE of Cross's Grave
7 km
Moated site in Hillington Park
7.4 km
Bell barrow on West Rudham Common, 950m SSE of the Grange
7.5 km
Two bowl barrows on West Rudham Common, 1300m east of the Grange
8 km
Bowl barrow on West Rudham Common, 1250m east of the Grange
8 km
Bowl barrow north and west of Gravelpit Wood, 1380m south east of the Grange
8.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 300m south of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group

Bowl barrow 300m south of Finger Post Plantation: part of Great Bircham barrow group stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Bircham, Norfolk →
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