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Round barrows on Garboldisham Heath is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Norfolk. The site comprises multiple burial mounds characteristic of the Bronze Age period, representing an important concentration of ritual and sepulchral activity in the East Anglian landscape. These earthworks demonstrate the burial practices and social organisation of Bronze Age communities, with the barrows serving as enduring markers of territorial identity and ancestor veneration. The monument's survival as an upstanding earthwork group contributes significantly to understanding the prehistoric landscape and settlement patterns of Norfolk.
Round barrows on Garboldisham Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004009. View the official record →
Round barrows on Garboldisham Heath is a Bronze Age funerary monument complex located in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004009.
Round barrows on Garboldisham 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 1004009.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Devil's Ditch (0.6 km), Round barrow on East Harling Heath (0.8 km), Tower of All Saints' Church (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round barrows on Garboldisham 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.
Round barrows on Garboldisham Heath stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.