Henge and associated barrow cemetery south of Home Whin Farm

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History & significance

Henge and associated barrow cemetery south of Home Whin Farm is a Neolithic and Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary complex located in Suffolk. The monument comprises a henge structure, likely dating to the Neolithic period, alongside a barrow cemetery containing burial mounds from the Bronze Age, representing successive phases of ritual use at the site. The complex demonstrates the continuity of ceremonial and funerary practice across these prehistoric periods, with the henge serving as a focal point for community gatherings and ritual activity whilst the barrows represent the cemetery provision for the burial of the dead. Such combinations of henges with barrow cemeteries are characteristic of the later Neolithic and Bronze Age exploitation of significant landscape locations for monumental purposes.

Henge and associated barrow cemetery south of Home Whin Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017632. View the official record →

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