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Bowl barrow on Kelling Heath, south of Holgate Hill

England
List entry 1013585
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013585
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
TG 10316 41769
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Kelling Heath is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on heathland south of Holgate Hill in Norfolk. The barrow survives as a low earthen mound with the characteristic bowl-shaped profile typical of Bronze Age burial structures of this form. Such monuments, commonly found across Norfolk's prehistoric landscape, represent the burial practices of Bronze Age communities and are valuable indicators of settlement and land use patterns during the second millennium BC. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England and remains an important archaeological resource for understanding the prehistory of East Anglia.

Bowl barrow on Kelling Heath, south of Holgate Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013585. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Kelling Heath, south of Holgate Hill?

Bowl barrow on Kelling Heath is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated on heathland south of Holgate Hill in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013585.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Kelling Heath, south of Holgate Hill?

Bowl barrow on Kelling Heath, south of Holgate Hill 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 1013585.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Kelling Heath, south of Holgate Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow in Hundred Acre Wood, 330m west of Cherry Trees Farm (1.2 km), Oval barrow in Bodham Wood, 600m ESE of Warren Farm (1.4 km), Bowl barrow known as Three Farthing Hill: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath (2.6 km).

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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow in Hundred Acre Wood, 330m west of Cherry Trees Farm
1.2 km
Oval barrow in Bodham Wood, 600m ESE of Warren Farm
1.4 km
Bowl barrow known as Three Farthing Hill: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath
2.6 km
Bowl barrow 260m NNW of Lowes Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath
2.6 km
Bowl barrow 450m north west of Lowes Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath
2.9 km
Bowl barrow 400m east of Swan Lodge: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath
3.2 km
Oval barrow with superimposed bowl barrow known as Howe's Hill, 500m WSW of Wood Farm
3.2 km
Baconsthorpe Castle moated site with fortified house, gatehouse, courtyards and formal gardens
4.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Kelling Heath, south of Holgate Hill

Bowl barrow on Kelling Heath, south of Holgate Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Kelling, Norfolk →
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