Bowl barrow in Taylors Wood, 400m north 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 funerary monument located approximately 400 metres north of Swan Lodge in Norfolk, forming part of a larger barrow cemetery distributed across and around Salthouse Heath. The monument consists of a simple bowl-shaped earthwork, a characteristic form of Bronze Age burial mound typical of the second millennium BC. Bowl barrows of this type served as territorial and commemorative markers within prehistoric landscapes, often containing cremated or inhumed remains accompanied by grave goods. The barrow cemetery of which this example forms part represents sustained ritual and burial activity across the heath, indicating the area's significance as a burial ground during the Bronze Age period.

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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