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Long barrow and round barrows on Broome Heath is a Bronze Age burial monument complex located in Norfolk, England. The site comprises multiple barrow mounds, including both long barrows characteristic of the Neolithic period and round barrows typical of the Bronze Age, representing successive phases of ritual burial practice across several millennia. These earthworks, now largely under heathland vegetation, form an important archaeological landscape that documents changing patterns of mortuary behaviour and settlement in prehistoric Norfolk. The monument group is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument and represents a significant concentration of funerary monuments from the region's prehistoric heritage.
Long barrow and round barrows on Broome Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004002. View the official record →
Long barrow and round barrows on Broome Heath is a Bronze Age burial monument complex located in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004002.
Long barrow and round barrows on Broome Heath 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 1004002.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte and bailey castle known as The Mount (4.1 km), Moated site of Flixton Priory (5.8 km), Boys Hall moated site, 410m north west of The Grange (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long barrow and round barrows on Broome Heath'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.
Long barrow and round barrows on Broome Heath stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.