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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 →
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.
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.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bronze Age/Early Iron Age barrows identified by crop marks, Aldham Mill Hill'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.
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.