Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBronze Age/Early Iron Age barrows identified by crop marks, Aldham Mill Hill

Bronze Age/Early Iron Age barrows identified by crop marks, Aldham Mill Hill

England
List entry 1461329
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1461329
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.41 hectares
Grid reference
TM0253443342
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Aldham Mill Hill is a Bronze Age barrow identified through crop mark evidence in Suffolk. The monument represents a burial mound of the Bronze Age period, a time when such earthworks served as focal points for ritual and burial practices across eastern England. The site's identification through aerial photography demonstrates the value of crop mark archaeology in revealing monuments whose surface expression has been substantially levelled or obscured by subsequent agricultural activity. The barrow testifies to the prehistoric occupation and ceremonial use of the Suffolk landscape during the second and early first millennia BC.

Bronze Age/Early Iron Age barrows identified by crop marks, Aldham Mill Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1461329. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Bronze Age/Early Iron Age barrows identified by crop marks, Aldham Mill Hill?

Aldham Mill Hill is a Bronze Age barrow identified through crop mark evidence in Suffolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1461329.

Who is responsible for protecting Bronze Age/Early Iron Age barrows identified by crop marks, Aldham Mill Hill?

Bronze Age/Early Iron Age barrows identified by crop marks, Aldham Mill Hill 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 1461329.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bronze Age/Early Iron Age barrows identified by crop marks, Aldham Mill Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Toppesfield Bridge (1.2 km), Kersey Priory (2.9 km), Moated site at The Old Rectory, 150m north east of Malting Farm (4.5 km).

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Overview
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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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bronze Age/Early Iron Age barrows identified by crop marks, Aldham Mill Hill

Bronze Age/Early Iron Age barrows identified by crop marks, Aldham Mill Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bronze Age/Early Iron Age barrows identified by crop marks, Aldham Mill Hill

ColchesterRoman town · ~11.3 milesSutton HooArchaeological site · ~16.6 miles