Bowl barrow in Tunstall Forest, 950m north west of Heath Cottages

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History & significance

Bowl barrow in Tunstall Forest is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 950 metres north-west of Heath Cottages in Suffolk. The monument consists of a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type constructed during the Bronze Age across southern England. Such barrows typically comprised a central burial deposit surrounded by a mounded earthwork, often accompanied by a surrounding ditch, and served as focal points for ritual and commemorative practices within prehistoric communities. The barrow remains visible as an archaeological feature within the forest landscape and is recorded as a scheduled monument under the National Heritage List entry 1017636.

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 →

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