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The Hill of Health is a bowl barrow located near Brockley Corner in Suffolk, England. Bowl barrows are small, dome-shaped burial mounds dating from the Bronze Age, typically constructed to cover single inhumation graves. This example sits on chalk bedrock of the White Chalk Subgroup, which underlies much of East Anglia and would have provided a pale, distinctive soil in antiquity. The monument occupies a scheduled area of 0.13 hectares and is protected by Historic England as a scheduled monument under reference 1020717.
The monument's location on the exposed chalk geology of Suffolk places it within a landscape rich in prehistoric activity. The chalk bedrock, formed during the Maastrichtian period, shaped settlement patterns and burial practices in this region throughout prehistory. Bowl barrows like this one represent a significant Bronze Age funerary tradition, typically dating to the early or middle Bronze Age.
The Hill of Health survives as a visible earthwork within the wider Brockley Corner landscape, offering insights into burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Suffolk. Its scheduled status ensures protection for any below-ground archaeological deposits and structural features that remain within the mound itself.
Bowl barrow known as Hill of Health, Brockley Corner is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020717. View the official record →
The Hill of Health is a bowl barrow located near Brockley Corner in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020717.
Bowl barrow known as Hill of Health, Brockley Corner 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 1020717.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow in Dixon's Covert (1.8 km), Settlement site W of Hengrave mill (2.6 km), Sites NW and SE of Fornham All Saints (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow known as Hill of Health, Brockley Corner's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bowl barrow known as Hill of Health, Brockley Corner stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.