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Bowl barrow on Waldringfield Heath is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Suffolk, approximately 150 metres south of Heath Farm. The monument consists of a roughly circular earthen mound of modest height, characteristic of the bowl barrow type common to prehistoric funerary landscapes of eastern England. Bowl barrows of this period typically contained inhumed or cremated remains, often accompanied by grave goods, though the specific contents of this example are not documented in readily available records. The site is situated within a landscape that contains other prehistoric monuments, reflecting the sustained use of Waldringfield Heath as a burial ground during the Bronze Age.
Bowl barrow on Waldringfield Heath, 150m south of Heath Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008506. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Waldringfield Heath is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Suffolk, approximately 150 metres south of Heath Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008506.
Bowl barrow on Waldringfield Heath, 150m south of Heath 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 1008506.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three bowl barrows and a ring ditch, 700m south west of Redhouse Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on Levington Heath. (4.7 km), Bowl barrow 900m south west of Redhouse Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on Levington Heath (4.8 km), Bowl barrow 980m south west of Redhouse Farm: part of a barrow cemetery on Levington Heath (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Waldringfield Heath, 150m south of Heath Farm'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 on Waldringfield Heath, 150m south of Heath Farm stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.