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Tumulus in the Warren

England
List entry 1003990
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003990
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.11 hectares
Grid reference
TG 11378 17989
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Tumulus in the Warren is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Norfolk, England. The monument survives as an earthwork comprising a roughly circular raised mound, characteristic of barrow construction practices employed during the later prehistory of East Anglia. Such tumuli served as communal or individual burial monuments and represent significant funerary contexts within their respective periods. The site's survival and recorded designation reflect its importance as a component of Norfolk's archaeological heritage and the broader pattern of prehistoric ceremonial landscape use in the region.

Tumulus in the Warren is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003990. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Tumulus in the Warren?

Tumulus in the Warren is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003990.

Who is responsible for protecting Tumulus in the Warren?

Tumulus in the Warren 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 1003990.

What other scheduled monuments are near Tumulus in the Warren?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow SE of the Lodges (0.9 km), Round barrow N of Sandy Lane (3.8 km), Wayside cross 160m north west of Stump Cross Farm (4.3 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Tumulus in the Warren

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Tumulus in the Warren's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow SE of the Lodges
0.9 km
Round barrow N of Sandy Lane
3.8 km
Wayside cross 160m north west of Stump Cross Farm
4.3 km
Bawburgh Bridge
10.2 km
Two garden houses near the Hall
10.2 km
Wayside cross at Page's Farm
10.4 km
Remains of Bowthorpe Church
10.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Tumulus in the Warren

Tumulus in the Warren stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Tumulus in the Warren

Caistor St EdmundsRoman town · ~11.5 miles
Domesday entry for Helmingham, Norfolk →
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