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Two tumuli, Eaton Heath

England
List entry 1004032
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004032
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.24 hectares
Grid reference
TG 21468 06070, TG 21306 06056
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two tumuli, Eaton Heath is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Norfolk, England. The site comprises two burial mounds characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when such earthworks served as prominent markers for elite or community burials across the East Anglian landscape. These tumuli would have been constructed to commemorate the dead and remain visible within the contemporary settlement pattern, though their original dimensions and internal structures would require archaeological investigation to determine fully. The monument's survival on Eaton Heath represents an important archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary practice in Norfolk.

Two tumuli, Eaton Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004032. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two tumuli, Eaton Heath?

Two tumuli, Eaton Heath is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004032.

Who is responsible for protecting Two tumuli, Eaton Heath?

Two tumuli, Eaton 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 1004032.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two tumuli, Eaton Heath?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Late Neolithic or Bronze Age Henge type monument and D shaped enclosure 300m west of Twins Farm (1.9 km), Multi phased site dating from the Neolithic to the Anglo-Saxon period east of Harford Farm (2 km), Barrow cemetery 450m N of Markshall Farm (2.4 km).

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Monuments
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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Late Neolithic or Bronze Age Henge type monument and D shaped enclosure 300m west of Twins Farm
1.9 km
Multi phased site dating from the Neolithic to the Anglo-Saxon period east of Harford Farm
2 km
Barrow cemetery 450m N of Markshall Farm
2.4 km
Anglo-Saxon cemetery SW of Markshall Farm
2.5 km
Venta Icenorum: Roman town and associated prehistoric, Anglo-Saxon and medieval remains
3.2 km
Roman sites outside town walls
3.3 km
Two tumuli in Big Wood
3.3 km
Moated site at the Manor House, Arminghall
3.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two tumuli, Eaton Heath

Two tumuli, Eaton Heath 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 Two tumuli, Eaton Heath

Caistor St EdmundsRoman town · ~1.9 miles
Domesday entry for Eaton, Norfolk →
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