Bowl barrow in Taylors Wood, 350m north east of Swan Lodge: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath

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History & significance

Bowl barrow in Taylors Wood is a Bronze Age burial monument situated approximately 350 metres north east of Swan Lodge in Norfolk, England. The barrow forms part of a substantial cemetery of burial mounds distributed across and around Salthouse Heath, a landscape that evidences intensive funerary activity during the Bronze Age period. The monument is a bowl barrow, the most common form of Bronze Age mound, characterised by its simple hemispherical earthwork construction. It is protected as a scheduled ancient monument and contributes to the archaeological significance of this heritage landscape, which preserves evidence of prehistoric settlement and ceremonial practice in Norfolk.

Bowl barrow in Taylors Wood, 350m north east of Swan Lodge: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013561. View the official record →

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