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The Group of tumuli on Sparrow Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Norfolk, England. The site comprises a group of burial mounds that reflect the ritual and mortuary practices of communities during the Bronze Age period. Such tumuli clusters are characteristic of Bronze Age settlement and land use patterns in East Anglia, serving as significant markers of territorial organisation and social hierarchy within prehistoric societies. The mounds represent an important archaeological resource for understanding the burial customs and ceremonial landscape of Bronze Age Norfolk.
Group of tumuli on Sparrow Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004037. View the official record →
The Group of tumuli on Sparrow Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004037.
Group of tumuli on Sparrow 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 1004037.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl Barrow at Mill Hill (1.4 km), Moated site N of Reed Fen (2 km), Bowl Barrow 377m north-east of Waterhouse Lodge (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Group of tumuli on Sparrow Hill'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.
Group of tumuli on Sparrow Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.