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Bowl barrow in Taylors Wood, 400m north of Swan Lodge: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath

England
List entry 1013559
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013559
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
TG 06766 42298
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow in Taylors Wood is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 400 metres north of Swan Lodge on Salthouse Heath in Norfolk. The monument forms part of a substantial barrow cemetery distributed across and around Salthouse Heath, representing a concentrated area of prehistoric burial activity. The barrow is of the bowl type, a common sepulchral form of the Bronze Age in East Anglia, and remains visible as an earthwork feature within the heathland landscape. As a component of this wider cemetery group, it contributes to understanding Bronze Age funerary practices and settlement patterns in the Norfolk Breckland region.

Bowl barrow in Taylors Wood, 400m north of Swan Lodge: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013559. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow in Taylors Wood, 400m north of Swan Lodge: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath?

Bowl barrow in Taylors Wood is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 400 metres north of Swan Lodge on Salthouse Heath in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013559.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow in Taylors Wood, 400m north of Swan Lodge: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath?

Bowl barrow in Taylors Wood, 400m north of Swan Lodge: part of a 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 1013559.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow in Taylors Wood, 400m north of Swan Lodge: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 400m east of Swan Lodge: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath (0.6 km), Bowl barrow 450m north west of Lowes Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath (0.8 km), Bowl barrow 260m NNW of Lowes Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath (1 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 400m east of Swan Lodge: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath
0.6 km
Bowl barrow 450m north west of Lowes Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath
0.8 km
Bowl barrow 260m NNW of Lowes Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath
1 km
Bowl barrow on Kelling Heath, south of Holgate Hill
3.6 km
Oval barrow in Bodham Wood, 600m ESE of Warren Farm
4.5 km
Bowl barrow in Hundred Acre Wood, 330m west of Cherry Trees Farm
4.8 km
Heydon Hall, Saxlingham (near Holt)
4.8 km
Habitation site on Edgefield Heath
6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow in Taylors Wood, 400m north of Swan Lodge: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath

Bowl barrow in Taylors Wood, 400m north of Swan Lodge: part of a 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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