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Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert

England
List entry 1018675
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018675
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.27 hectares
Grid reference
TL 83016 69620
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Suffolk, England. The monument takes the form of a simple bowl-shaped barrow, a funerary structure characteristic of the Bronze Age period when such earthen mounds were raised over cremated or inhumed remains of the deceased. The barrow survives as an earthwork in the landscape, preserving evidence of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in East Anglia.

Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018675. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert?

Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018675.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert?

Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert 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 1018675.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement site W of Hengrave mill (0.7 km), Sites NW and SE of Fornham All Saints (2.6 km), Round barrows, Risby Poor's Heath East (3.8 km).

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Monuments
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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Settlement site W of Hengrave mill
0.7 km
Sites NW and SE of Fornham All Saints
2.6 km
Round barrows, Risby Poor's Heath East
3.8 km
Babwell Friary (remains of)
4.1 km
St Saviour's Hospital
4.9 km
Bury St Edmund's Abbey: including the monks' cemetery and outer precinct and vineyard walls
6.1 km
The Chapel of the Charnel
6.2 km
Site of Little Saxham Hall
6.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert

Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~12.6 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~24.7 miles
Domesday entry for Culford, Suffolk →
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