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Bowl barrow on The Hangs is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Norfolk, England. The site consists of a roughly circular mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary form across prehistoric Britain dating to the Bronze Age period. Bowl barrows typically functioned as burial centres, often containing inhumations or cremations within or beneath the mound, and frequently show evidence of multiple phases of use. The barrow's preservation on The Hangs represents an important archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practices in East Anglia.
Bowl barrow on The Hangs is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013563. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on The Hangs is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013563.
Bowl barrow on The Hangs 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 1013563.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 400m east of Swan Lodge: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath (1.2 km), Bowl barrow 260m NNW of Lowes Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath (1.6 km), Bowl barrow on Kelling Heath, south of Holgate Hill (4.1 km).
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