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Oval barrow in Bodham Wood, 600m ESE of Warren Farm

England
List entry 1013567
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013567
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.12 hectares
Grid reference
TG 10889 40488
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Oval barrow in Bodham Wood is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 600 metres east-south-east of Warren Farm in Norfolk. The monument survives as an oval earthwork characteristic of barrow construction from the Bronze Age period, when such mounds served as substantial burial deposits for individuals of elevated status within their communities. The site remains archaeologically significant as a surviving example of funerary architecture from this period in Norfolk, contributing to the broader understanding of Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in East Anglia.

Oval barrow in Bodham Wood, 600m ESE of Warren Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013567. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Oval barrow in Bodham Wood, 600m ESE of Warren Farm?

Oval barrow in Bodham Wood is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 600 metres east-south-east of Warren Farm in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013567.

Who is responsible for protecting Oval barrow in Bodham Wood, 600m ESE of Warren Farm?

Oval barrow in Bodham Wood, 600m ESE of Warren 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 1013567.

What other scheduled monuments are near Oval barrow in Bodham Wood, 600m ESE of Warren Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow in Hundred Acre Wood, 330m west of Cherry Trees Farm (1.2 km), Bowl barrow on Kelling Heath, south of Holgate Hill (1.4 km), Oval barrow with superimposed bowl barrow known as Howe's Hill, 500m WSW of Wood Farm (2.6 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
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow in Hundred Acre Wood, 330m west of Cherry Trees Farm
1.2 km
Bowl barrow on Kelling Heath, south of Holgate Hill
1.4 km
Oval barrow with superimposed bowl barrow known as Howe's Hill, 500m WSW of Wood Farm
2.6 km
Baconsthorpe Castle moated site with fortified house, gatehouse, courtyards and formal gardens
2.7 km
Bowl barrow 260m NNW of Lowes Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath
3.5 km
Bowl barrow 450m north west of Lowes Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath
3.7 km
Bowl barrow 400m east of Swan Lodge: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath
4 km
Habitation site on Edgefield Heath
5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Oval barrow in Bodham Wood, 600m ESE of Warren Farm

Oval barrow in Bodham Wood, 600m ESE of Warren Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Oval barrow in Bodham Wood, 600m ESE of Warren Farm

Caistor St EdmundsRoman town · ~24.2 miles
Domesday entry for Kelling, Norfolk →
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