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Bowl barrow known as The Mound, 700m north east of Stradsett Hall

England
List entry 1010571
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010571
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.08 hectares
Grid reference
TF 67171 06294
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Mound is a bowl barrow situated approximately 700 metres north-east of Stradsett Hall in Norfolk. This burial mound dates to the Bronze Age and represents a common funerary monument type of that period, when such earthworks were constructed to cover cremated or inhumed remains. The barrow survives as a prominent earthwork within the Norfolk landscape, preserving evidence of prehistoric mortuary practice and settlement patterns in East Anglia. As a scheduled ancient monument, it remains an important resource for understanding Bronze Age burial customs and the development of monumental architecture in the region.

Bowl barrow known as The Mound, 700m north east of Stradsett Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010571. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow known as The Mound, 700m north east of Stradsett Hall?

The Mound is a bowl barrow situated approximately 700 metres north-east of Stradsett Hall in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010571.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow known as The Mound, 700m north east of Stradsett Hall?

Bowl barrow known as The Mound, 700m north east of Stradsett Hall 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 1010571.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow known as The Mound, 700m north east of Stradsett Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval settlement remains immediately west of All Saints' Church (2.7 km), Remains of monastic grange with moated site at Grange Farm (3 km), Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall (3.3 km).

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Overview
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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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval settlement remains immediately west of All Saints' Church
2.7 km
Remains of monastic grange with moated site at Grange Farm
3 km
Moated site 140m north east of Crimplesham Hall
3.3 km
Shouldham Priory with associated water management features, a section of a Roman road and a Bronze Age urnfield
3.5 km
Moated site 160m north east of Avenue Farm
4.4 km
Remains of Barton Bendish medieval settlement immediately west of Abbey Farm
4.6 km
Moated site in Hills and Holes Plantation, 30m north west of Home Farm
4.7 km
Old gatehouse at Bexwell Hall
4.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow known as The Mound, 700m north east of Stradsett Hall

Bowl barrow known as The Mound, 700m north east of Stradsett Hall stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow known as The Mound, 700m north east of Stradsett Hall

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~13.6 miles
Domesday entry for Stradsett, Norfolk →
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