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Tumuli on West Harling Heath is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Norfolk, England. The site comprises a group of burial mounds that represent funerary practices of the Bronze Age period, roughly 2300 to 800 BCE. These earthworks form part of the broader landscape of prehistoric ritual and ceremonial sites characteristic of Norfolk's archaeological heritage. The tumuli remain significant evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial customs in East Anglia, contributing to our understanding of ceremonial monument construction during this formative period of British prehistory.
Tumuli on West Harling Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003996. View the official record →
Tumuli on West Harling Heath is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003996.
Tumuli on West Harling 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 1003996.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Rushford Heath 180m west of Peddar's Way (2.8 km), Bowl barrow in Brickkiln Covert, Knettishall Heath (3 km), Bowl barrow on Hut Hill, Knettishall Heath (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Tumuli on West Harling 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.
Tumuli on West Harling Heath stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.