Bowl barrow 980m south west of Redhouse Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on Levington Heath

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History & significance

Bowl barrow 980m south west of Redhouse Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of a barrow cemetery on Levington Heath in Suffolk. The monument is a characteristic example of a bowl barrow, the most common form of Bronze Age funerary monument in eastern England, typically constructed as a simple earthen mound raised over a cremation or inhumation burial. It survives as an earthwork within a landscape that contains multiple barrows, indicating this area was an important ceremonial and burial focus during the Bronze Age period. The site is listed in the National Heritage List for England under designation reference 1011343, recognising its archaeological and historical significance as part of the broader barrow cemetery complex.

Bowl barrow 980m south west of Redhouse Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on Levington Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011343. View the official record →

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