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Troston Mount is a bowl barrow and moot situated in Suffolk, England, representing a significant survival of prehistoric burial architecture combined with medieval administrative function. The monument consists of an earthen mound of Bronze Age origin, which was subsequently repurposed during the medieval period as a moot or meeting place, where local assemblies and courts would have convened on its elevated summit. The dual use of the site reflects the long continuity of important ceremonial and governance locations across successive periods of English history. Its survival as a discrete earthwork demonstrates the enduring landscape significance of such prehistoric monuments, which retained functional and symbolic importance well into the medieval period.
Bowl barrow and moot known as Troston Mount is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017790. View the official record →
Troston Mount is a bowl barrow and moot situated in Suffolk, England, representing a significant survival of prehistoric burial architecture combined with medieval administrative function. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017790.
Bowl barrow and moot known as Troston Mount 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 1017790.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows on Troston Heath, one known as Black Hill (1 km), Three bowl barrows and a ring ditch 850m and 750m north east of Neville House Farm (3.4 km), Bowl barrow known as Traveller's Hill tumulus (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow and moot known as Troston Mount'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 and moot known as Troston Mount stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.