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Bowl barrow 155m east of Sheep Drift Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Suffolk, England. The barrow survives as a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, the simplest form of prehistoric burial mound, typically comprising a low dome of earth raised over a central burial pit. Bowl barrows of this type were constructed during the Neolithic period and more commonly throughout the Bronze Age, serving as enduring markers of elite burial practices and territorial identity. The monument's survival to the present day, despite centuries of agricultural use and landscape change, testifies to the historical importance of such burial sites within the prehistoric landscape of East Anglia.
Bowl barrow 155m east of Sheep Drift Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008688. View the official record →
Bowl barrow 155m east of Sheep Drift Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument located in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008688.
Bowl barrow 155m east of Sheep Drift Farm 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 1008688.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 900m south west of Redhouse Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on Levington Heath (3.7 km), Bowl barrow 980m south west of Redhouse Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on Levington Heath (3.8 km), Three bowl barrows and a ring ditch, 700m south west of Redhouse Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on Levington Heath. (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow 155m east of Sheep Drift Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow 155m east of Sheep Drift Farm stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.