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<< Our Photo Pages >> Salthouse Heath - Barrow Cemetery in England in Norfolk

Submitted by bec-zog on Thursday, 20 November 2003  Page Views: 12843

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Salthouse Heath Alternative Name: Gallow Hill, Three Halfpenny Hill, Three Farthing Hill
Country: England County: Norfolk Type: Barrow Cemetery

Map Ref: TG07974241  Landranger Map Number: 133
Latitude: 52.938773N  Longitude: 1.093421E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by bec-zog : Salthouse Heath : Norfolk TG077, 488-423. Round Barrow located in this prehistoric strewn landscape. Field walking around this area reveals many worked flints (neolithic to bronze age) and other artifacts. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Largest Barrow Cemetery in Norfolk. The largest barrow, at this location is known as Gallow Hill.

Other barrows lie at TG068421, 067425 and 075429.

Gallows hill barrow is about 400yards along the road east of Salthouse Heath, just past a farm on the right.

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Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by bec-zog : Salthouse Heath : Norfolk - Disc Barrow located @ TG 069415 . (Vote or comment on this photo)

Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by bec-zog : Salthouse Heath : Norfolk ; DISC BARROW @ TG 069425. Located near to a bordering hedge. The site had been recently cleared of overgrowing bracken. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by bec-zog : Salthouse Heath : Barrow "cemetery" (Vote or comment on this photo)

Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by bec-zog : Salthouse Heath : Norfolk TG077, 488-423. Barrow located in theis prehistoric strewn landscape. Field walking around this area reveals many worked flints (neolithic to bronze age) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by JoAtherton : Salthouse Heath barrow cemetery

Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by JoAtherton

Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by JoAtherton

Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by JoAtherton : Gallow Hill information board

Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by JoAtherton : Salthouse Heath and Gallow Hill information board

Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by JoAtherton : Gallow Hill, Salthouse Heath

Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by bec-zog : Salthouse Heath : Barrow "cemetery" One of the many Round barrows

Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by bec-zog : Salthouse Heath : Barrow "cemetery".

Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by bec-zog : Salthouse Heath : Barrow "cemetery" Right hand side of 3 Halfpenny barrow.

Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by bec-zog : Salthouse Heath : Three Halfpenny barrow Ditch

Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by bec-zog : Salthouse Heath : Barrow "cemetery" Three farthing Barrow

Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by bec-zog : Salthouse Heath Norfolk Three Farthing barrow

Salthouse Heath
Salthouse Heath submitted by bec-zog : Salthouse Heath Norfolk : Barrow "Cemetary"

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Salthouse Heath Walk, Saturday 25 October 2008, Norfolk by Andy B on Thursday, 21 February 2008
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Salthouse Heath Walk, Saturday 25 October 2008, Norfolk

Salthouse Heath

Saturday 25 October 2008

Trevor Ashwin tells the story of the mysterious burial mounds covering Salthouse and Kelling Heath.

Booking essential, please tel. 01263 513543.
Meet at Salthouse church.

2 - 4pm

http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/default.asp?Document=200.60.40.22.15
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Re: Salthouse Heath by Anonymous on Friday, 21 January 2005
a very interesting site. it gave me info for a visit later in the year.thank you for all the work that went into it john murden
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