Scheduled MonumentsEnglandGroup of four bowl barrows 600m south west of Buildings Farm

Group of four bowl barrows 600m south west of Buildings Farm

England
List entry 1021130
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021130
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.49 hectares
Grid reference
TF 82807 33515, TF 82802 33387, TF 83055 33384, TF 82897 33441
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

A group of four bowl barrows is located approximately 600 metres south west of Buildings Farm in Norfolk. Bowl barrows are among the most common form of burial mound in prehistoric Britain, typically dating to the Bronze Age, roughly 2200 to 700 BC, though some may be of Neolithic origin. These earthwork monuments would originally have comprised substantial mounds of earth and stone constructed over one or more burials, though their present condition reflects considerable degradation over millennia. The survival of four such barrows in proximity suggests this location held significance as a burial ground during the later prehistoric period.

Group of four bowl barrows 600m south west of Buildings Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021130. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Group of four bowl barrows 600m south west of Buildings Farm?

A group of four bowl barrows is located approximately 600 metres south west of Buildings Farm in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021130.

Who is responsible for protecting Group of four bowl barrows 600m south west of Buildings Farm?

Group of four bowl barrows 600m south west of Buildings 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 1021130.

What other scheduled monuments are near Group of four bowl barrows 600m south west of Buildings Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow in Wicken Covert, 100m south east of Highfield House (2.7 km), Saucer barrow on Coxford Heath, 480m south west of Highfield House (2.7 km), Coxford Priory (4.7 km).

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Monuments
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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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Group of four bowl barrows 600m south west of Buildings Farm

Group of four bowl barrows 600m south west of Buildings Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.