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The interrupted ditch system west of Hall Farm is a Neolithic monument located in Suffolk, England. The site consists of a series of discontinuous ditches characteristic of Neolithic causewayed enclosures or similar ritual and settlement-related earthworks of the fourth millennium BC. Such interrupted ditch systems served multiple functions including demarcation of territory, livestock control, and ceremonial or defensive purposes during the early farming period in Britain. The monument survives as an archaeological feature of significance for understanding Neolithic settlement patterns and land use in East Anglia.
Interrupted ditch system west of Hall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005959. View the official record →
The interrupted ditch system west of Hall Farm is a Neolithic monument located in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005959.
Interrupted ditch system west of Hall 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 1005959.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sturmer Hall moated site and mill complex (3.5 km), Wixoe Roman town (3.9 km), Ring ditches and ritual structure S of Chapel Farm (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Interrupted ditch system west of Hall 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.
Interrupted ditch system west of Hall Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.