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Bowl barrow 250m south-west of Tangham Cottages in Tangham Forest

England
List entry 1013879
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013879
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
TM 34462 47697
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 250m south-west of Tangham Cottages in Tangham Forest is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Suffolk. The barrow survives as a earthen mound of characteristic bowl form, a common burial structure of the Bronze Age period. It is part of the broader landscape of prehistoric funerary remains that testify to settlement and ritual activity in this region during the second millennium BC. The monument is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument in recognition of its archaeological significance and its contribution to understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in East Anglia.

Bowl barrow 250m south-west of Tangham Cottages in Tangham Forest is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013879. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 250m south-west of Tangham Cottages in Tangham Forest?

Bowl barrow 250m south-west of Tangham Cottages in Tangham Forest is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Suffolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013879.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 250m south-west of Tangham Cottages in Tangham Forest?

Bowl barrow 250m south-west of Tangham Cottages in Tangham Forest 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 1013879.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 250m south-west of Tangham Cottages in Tangham Forest?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows in Rendlesham Forest, 285m north west of Manor Cottage (0.9 km), Bowl barrow and adjacent section of a boundary bank in Rendlesham Forest, 1400m west of Valley Farm (1.1 km), Bowl barrow in Rendlesham Forest, 1300m west of Valley Farm (1.2 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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Two bowl barrows in Rendlesham Forest, 285m north west of Manor Cottage
0.9 km
Bowl barrow and adjacent section of a boundary bank in Rendlesham Forest, 1400m west of Valley Farm
1.1 km
Bowl barrow in Rendlesham Forest, 1300m west of Valley Farm
1.2 km
Five bowl barrows 490m and 500m north west of Bussock Barn
2.4 km
Settlement sites 330yds (300m) NW of Walnut Tree Farm
3.2 km
Henge and associated barrow cemetery south of Home Whin Farm
3.5 km
Rectilinear enclosures 1km SW of Boyton Hall Farm
3.7 km
Settlement site E of the Cedars
4.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 250m south-west of Tangham Cottages in Tangham Forest

Bowl barrow 250m south-west of Tangham Cottages in Tangham Forest 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 Bowl barrow 250m south-west of Tangham Cottages in Tangham Forest

Sutton HooArchaeological site · ~3.6 miles
Domesday entry for Stokerland, Suffolk →
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