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Tumulus on Warborough Hill

England

List entry 1002886

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1002886

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.12 hectares

Grid reference

TF 96059 43413

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Tumulus on Warborough Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Norfolk, England. The monument comprises an earthen barrow that forms part of the archaeological landscape of the region and represents funerary practices characteristic of the Bronze Age period. The tumulus survives as an upstanding earthwork, though like many such monuments it has been subject to erosion and land use changes over the millennia since its construction. Such barrows served as focal points for ritual and burial activity and contribute significantly to understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and burial customs in East Anglia.

Tumulus on Warborough Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002886. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Tumulus on Warborough Hill?

Tumulus on Warborough Hill is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002886.

Who is responsible for protecting Tumulus on Warborough Hill?

Tumulus on Warborough Hill 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 1002886.

What other scheduled monuments are near Tumulus on Warborough Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval settlement 370m north of Grove Farm (3.4 km), Binham Priory (4 km), Binham village cross (4.5 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

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Local Names

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Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval settlement 370m north of Grove Farm

Moated site 240m south west of Whey Curd Farm

4.7 km

Remains of a medieval ringwork castle known as Crabb's Castle, 680m north east of Crabb's Castle Farm

5.8 km

Cross in St Andrew's churchyard

6.4 km

Hindringham Hall moated site with adjacent fishponds

7 km

Town pump

7.1 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Tumulus on Warborough Hill

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

Domesday entry for Stiffkey, Norfolk →

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