© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Bowl barrow in Tunstall Forest is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Suffolk, England, situated approximately 950 metres north-west of Heath Cottages. The barrow represents a characteristic burial form of the Bronze Age period, constructed as an earthen mound that would have contained an inhumation or cremation burial, likely accompanied by grave goods typical of the era. The monument survives as a prominent circular mound in the forested landscape, retaining sufficient physical integrity to be recognised and scheduled as an ancient monument. Such bowl barrows are among the most common Bronze Age burial features in East Anglia and provide valuable archaeological evidence for Bronze Age funerary practices and settlement patterns in the region.
Bowl barrow in Tunstall Forest, 950m north west of Heath Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017636. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Tunstall Forest is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Suffolk, England, situated approximately 950 metres north-west of Heath Cottages. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017636.
Bowl barrow in Tunstall Forest, 950m north west of Heath Cottages 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 1017636.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow in Tunstall Forest, 1300m south of Heath Cottages (1.8 km), Bowl barrow in Tunstall Forest, 900m west of Blacklands Farm (2.8 km), Bowl barrow in Cottage Wood, 800m north-east of Rendlesham Hall Farm (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow in Tunstall Forest, 950m north west of Heath Cottages'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 Tunstall Forest, 950m north west of Heath Cottages stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.