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Bowl barrow in the King's Forest, 1.3km north east of Wideham Barn

England
List entry 1018101
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018101
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.15 hectares
Grid reference
TL 80611 72923
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow in the King's Forest is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound situated approximately 1.3 kilometres north-east of Wideham Barn in Suffolk. The monument takes the form of a low, rounded earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial monument type in eastern England during the Bronze Age and earlier periods. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important survival of prehistoric funerary practice in the region, though like many such features in the King's Forest, its precise dating and original construction details remain subject to archaeological interpretation.

Bowl barrow in the King's Forest, 1.3km north east of Wideham Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018101. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow in the King's Forest, 1.3km north east of Wideham Barn?

Bowl barrow in the King's Forest is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound situated approximately 1.3 kilometres north-east of Wideham Barn in Suffolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018101.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow in the King's Forest, 1.3km north east of Wideham Barn?

Bowl barrow in the King's Forest, 1.3km north east of Wideham Barn 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 1018101.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow in the King's Forest, 1.3km north east of Wideham Barn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow called Cuckoo Hill (4.1 km), Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert (4.1 km), Settlement site W of Hengrave mill (4.5 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
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow called Cuckoo Hill
4.1 km
Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert
4.1 km
Settlement site W of Hengrave mill
4.5 km
Round barrows, Risby Poor's Heath East
4.6 km
Cavenham Bridge
5.2 km
Sites NW and SE of Fornham All Saints
6.7 km
Babwell Friary (remains of)
8.1 km
St Saviour's Hospital
9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow in the King's Forest, 1.3km north east of Wideham Barn

Bowl barrow in the King's Forest, 1.3km north east of Wideham Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow in the King's Forest, 1.3km north east of Wideham Barn

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~10.6 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~23.9 miles
Domesday entry for Wordwell, Suffolk →
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