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Saucer barrow and adjacent small bowl barrow 630m north east of Swan Lodge is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of a barrow cemetery on Salthouse Heath in Norfolk. The saucer barrow, characterized by its distinctive shallow, saucer-shaped mound, sits in close proximity to a smaller bowl barrow, together representing typical funerary monuments of the Bronze Age period. These earthworks are among several barrows documented across and around Salthouse Heath, indicating the site's significance as a cemetery zone during prehistory. Both monuments survive as earthwork remains and are protected as scheduled ancient monuments, preserving evidence of Bronze Age burial practices in Norfolk.
Saucer barrow and adjacent small bowl barrow 630m north east of Swan Lodge: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013582. View the official record →
Saucer barrow and adjacent small bowl barrow 630m north east of Swan Lodge is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of a barrow cemetery on Salthouse Heath in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013582.
Saucer barrow and adjacent small bowl barrow 630m north east of Swan Lodge: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse 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 1013582.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 400m east of Swan Lodge: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath (0.6 km), Bowl barrow 450m north west of Lowes Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath (0.7 km), Bowl barrow known as Three Farthing Hill: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath (0.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Saucer barrow and adjacent small bowl barrow 630m north east of Swan Lodge: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Saucer barrow and adjacent small bowl barrow 630m north east of Swan Lodge: part of a barrow cemetery on and around Salthouse Heath stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.