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Bowl barrow 400m east of Swan Lodge: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath

England
List entry 1013579
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013579
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
TG 07139 41870
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 400m east of Swan Lodge is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of the dispersed round barrow cemetery that extends across Salthouse Heath in Norfolk. The monument comprises a circular earthwork of the characteristic bowl barrow type, which typically dates to the second millennium BC. As a constituent element of the larger barrow cemetery, it contributes to understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in this region of East Anglia. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under designation number 1013579.

Bowl barrow 400m east of Swan Lodge: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013579. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow 400m east of Swan Lodge: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath?

Bowl barrow 400m east of Swan Lodge is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of the dispersed round barrow cemetery that extends across Salthouse Heath in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013579.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 400m east of Swan Lodge: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath?

Bowl barrow 400m east of Swan Lodge: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath 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 1013579.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 400m east of Swan Lodge: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow in Taylors Wood, 350m north east of Swan Lodge: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath (0.3 km), Bowl barrow 450m north west of Lowes Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath (0.3 km), Bowl barrow 260m NNW of Lowes Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath (0.6 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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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow in Taylors Wood, 350m north east of Swan Lodge: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath
0.3 km
Bowl barrow 450m north west of Lowes Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath
0.3 km
Bowl barrow 260m NNW of Lowes Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath
0.6 km
Bowl barrow known as Three Farthing Hill: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath
0.6 km
Bowl barrow on Kelling Heath, south of Holgate Hill
3.2 km
Oval barrow in Bodham Wood, 600m ESE of Warren Farm
4 km
Bowl barrow in Hundred Acre Wood, 330m west of Cherry Trees Farm
4.4 km
Heydon Hall, Saxlingham (near Holt)
5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 400m east of Swan Lodge: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath

Bowl barrow 400m east of Swan Lodge: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

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