Scheduled MonumentsEnglandTumuli on Roughton Heath including Hare's Hill and Two Hills

Tumuli on Roughton Heath including Hare's Hill and Two Hills

England
List entry 1003989
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003989
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.36 hectares
Grid reference
TG 21842 38137, TG 22001 38463, TG 22382 37754, TG 22545 37638, TG 21736 39008
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Tumuli on Roughton Heath is a Bronze Age burial monument complex located in Norfolk, comprising at least three distinct barrows including the named features of Hare's Hill and Two Hills. The site represents typical funerary practice of the Bronze Age period, when prominent individuals were interred beneath earthen mounds. The barrows survive as visible earthworks on the heathland landscape, preserving important archaeological evidence of burial customs and social organization during the second millennium before Christ. The monument group demonstrates the pattern of barrow distribution across Norfolk's Bronze Age ritual landscape.

Tumuli on Roughton Heath including Hare's Hill and Two Hills is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003989. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Tumuli on Roughton Heath including Hare's Hill and Two Hills?

Tumuli on Roughton Heath is a Bronze Age burial monument complex located in Norfolk, comprising at least three distinct barrows including the named features of Hare's Hill and Two Hills. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003989.

Who is responsible for protecting Tumuli on Roughton Heath including Hare's Hill and Two Hills?

Tumuli on Roughton Heath including Hare's Hill and Two Hills 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 1003989.

What other scheduled monuments are near Tumuli on Roughton Heath including Hare's Hill and Two Hills?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross 650m south west of Park Farm (3.6 km), Gresham Castle (5.1 km), Wayside cross known as Stump Cross (5.2 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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Tumuli on Roughton Heath including Hare's Hill and Two Hills

Tumuli on Roughton Heath including Hare's Hill and Two Hills stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Tumuli on Roughton Heath including Hare's Hill and Two Hills

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