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Bowl barrow in Portal Avenue is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Suffolk, England. The barrow takes the form of a distinctive bowl-shaped mound, characteristic of burial structures constructed during the Bronze Age period. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important example of prehistoric burial practice in East Anglia and contributes to our understanding of Bronze Age settlement and mortuary customs in the region.
Bowl barrow in Portal Avenue is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008729. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Portal Avenue is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008729.
Bowl barrow in Portal Avenue 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 1008729.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow at Seven Hills Cottages, 720m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemetery (5.2 km), Bowl barrow north of Hobbin's Belt, 900m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemetery (5.2 km), Two bowl barrows in Hobbin's Belt, 820m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemetery (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow in Portal Avenue'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 in Portal Avenue stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.