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Two bowl barrows on Blakeney Downs is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Norfolk, England. The site consists of two round barrows, the characteristic earthwork burial mounds of prehistoric Britain, which would have originally contained inhumations or cremations along with grave goods. Bowl barrows of this type represent a widespread funerary tradition spanning the later Neolithic through to the Early Bronze Age, typically dating between approximately 3000 and 1500 BCE. The monument survives as earthwork features on Blakeney Downs and remains an important archaeological indicator of prehistoric settlement and ritual practice in Norfolk.
Two bowl barrows on Blakeney Downs is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013569. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows on Blakeney Downs is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age funerary monument located in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013569.
Two bowl barrows on Blakeney Downs 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 1013569.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Heydon Hall, Saxlingham (near Holt) (4.1 km), Cross in St Andrew's churchyard (4.8 km), Binham Priory (5.2 km).
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Two bowl barrows on Blakeney Downs stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.