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Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill, 1200m north east of Crow Hall

England
List entry 1010557
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010557
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.09 hectares
Grid reference
TF 76324 28515
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 1200 metres north-east of Crow Hall in Norfolk. The monument survives as a bowl-shaped earthwork typical of Bronze Age funerary practice in East Anglia, formed by the accumulation of soil and material over a central burial deposit. Such barrows represent a significant phase of ceremonial burial activity in Norfolk during the second millennium before Christ, reflecting the social importance placed upon commemorating the dead with substantial earthworks. The site's survival as an upstanding archaeological feature contributes to understanding the prehistoric settlement and ritual patterns of the Norfolk landscape.

Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill, 1200m north east of Crow Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010557. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill, 1200m north east of Crow Hall?

Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 1200 metres north-east of Crow Hall in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010557.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill, 1200m north east of Crow Hall?

Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill, 1200m north east of Crow 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 1010557.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill, 1200m north east of Crow Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows on Stonepit Hills (5.7 km), Congham Roman settlement (6.6 km), Moated site at The Old Rectory (7.4 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
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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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Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Two bowl barrows on Stonepit Hills
5.7 km
Congham Roman settlement
6.6 km
Moated site at The Old Rectory
7.4 km
Roman villa one mile (1600m) E of village
7.9 km
Roman villa adjoining Watery Lane
8.2 km
Two bowl barrows on Massingham Common: 900m and 930m south west of Field Barn
8.8 km
Well Hall Roman settlement
8.8 km
Medieval settlement remains 500m west of Well Hall
9.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill, 1200m north east of Crow Hall

Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill, 1200m north east of Crow Hall stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill, 1200m north east of Crow Hall

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~24.2 miles
Domesday entry for Anmer, Norfolk →
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