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Burnham Market Anglo-Saxon cemetery

England
List entry 1458971
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1458971
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.57 hectares
Grid reference
TF8329442305
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Burnham Market Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a burial ground dating to the early medieval period, located in Norfolk. The cemetery represents an important archaeological site for understanding Anglo-Saxon settlement and funerary practices in East Anglia during the fifth to seventh centuries. Excavations at the site have recovered inhumation burials and associated grave goods, contributing to the wider understanding of early Anglo-Saxon communities in the region. The cemetery's location within the Burnham parish area reflects the distribution of early medieval settlement activity in Norfolk during the period of Anglo-Saxon expansion and consolidation.

Burnham Market Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1458971. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Burnham Market Anglo-Saxon cemetery?

Burnham Market Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a burial ground dating to the early medieval period, located in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1458971.

Who is responsible for protecting Burnham Market Anglo-Saxon cemetery?

Burnham Market Anglo-Saxon cemetery 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 1458971.

What other scheduled monuments are near Burnham Market Anglo-Saxon cemetery?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow and pill box 430m WSW of Burnham Westgate Hall (0.8 km), St Mary's Carmelite Friary and holy well (0.8 km), Burnham Overy village cross, 90m south west of St Clement's Church (1.1 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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow and pill box 430m WSW of Burnham Westgate Hall
0.8 km
St Mary's Carmelite Friary and holy well
0.8 km
Burnham Overy village cross, 90m south west of St Clement's Church
1.1 km
Roman barrow 125m south west of Leath House
2 km
Creake Abbey
3.6 km
Roman fort (Branodunum)
5.1 km
Village cross at north west end of Cross Lane
6 km
Site of Beaufoe's manor, 180m south east of St Mary's Church
6.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Burnham Market Anglo-Saxon cemetery

Burnham Market Anglo-Saxon cemetery stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Burnham, Norfolk →
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