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Bowl barrow on Tinker's Walks, 740m west of Eastwoodlodge Farm

England
List entry 1011385
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011385
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
TM 47188 74812
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow on Tinker's Walks is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 740 metres west of Eastwoodlodge Farm in Suffolk. The monument survives as a low earthwork of roughly circular form, characteristic of bowl barrows of these periods. Such barrows functioned as communal or individual burial monuments, reflecting the funerary practices and social organisation of prehistoric communities in East Anglia. The site's survival and scheduled protection testify to its archaeological significance as evidence of early settlement and ritual practice in the Suffolk landscape.

Bowl barrow on Tinker's Walks, 740m west of Eastwoodlodge Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011385. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow on Tinker's Walks, 740m west of Eastwoodlodge Farm?

Bowl barrow on Tinker's Walks is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 740 metres west of Eastwoodlodge Farm in Suffolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011385.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow on Tinker's Walks, 740m west of Eastwoodlodge Farm?

Bowl barrow on Tinker's Walks, 740m west of Eastwoodlodge Farm 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 1011385.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow on Tinker's Walks, 740m west of Eastwoodlodge Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Tinker's Walks, 950m WSW of Eastwoodlodge Farm (0.3 km), Blythburgh Priory (2 km), Bowl barrow west of Fen Covert, 305m south of Fen Cottage (2.9 km).

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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
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Tinker's Walks, 950m WSW of Eastwoodlodge Farm
0.3 km
Blythburgh Priory
2 km
Bowl barrow west of Fen Covert, 305m south of Fen Cottage
2.9 km
Maison Dieu (or Hospital of the Holy Trinity), Dunwich
4.2 km
Chapel of St James Hospital, Dunwich
4.2 km
Greyfriars, Dunwich
4.5 km
Moated site in Moatyard Covert
5.2 km
Moated site at Lymball's Farm
6.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow on Tinker's Walks, 740m west of Eastwoodlodge Farm

Bowl barrow on Tinker's Walks, 740m west of Eastwoodlodge Farm stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow on Tinker's Walks, 740m west of Eastwoodlodge Farm

Sutton HooArchaeological site · ~19.7 milesCaistor St EdmundsRoman town · ~23.2 miles
Domesday entry for Blythburgh, Suffolk →
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