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Bowl barrow on Roydon Common is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 800 metres south west of Hall Farm in Norfolk, England. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial form across southern Britain during the Bronze Age period. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important archaeological record of prehistoric funerary practice and settlement patterns in Norfolk, contributing to understanding of Bronze Age communities in East Anglia. The barrow's survival on Roydon Common provides evidence of the ritual and commemorative landscapes established during the second and third millennia before the present era.
Bowl barrow on Roydon Common, 800m south west of Hall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013557. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Roydon Common is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 800 metres south west of Hall Farm in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013557.
Bowl barrow on Roydon Common, 800m south west of Hall Farm 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 1013557.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of All Saints' Church (3.2 km), Medieval and early post-medieval settlement remains 570m west of Jubilee Farm (4.8 km), Moated site and manorial earthworks at Middleton Castle (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Roydon Common, 800m south west of Hall Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow on Roydon Common, 800m south west of Hall Farm stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.