Scheduled MonumentsEnglandLong barrow on Sutton Common

Long barrow on Sutton Common

England
List entry 1006025
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006025
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.11 hectares
Grid reference
TM 31366 47672
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Long barrow on Sutton Common is a Neolithic burial monument located in Suffolk, England. The barrow survives as an earthwork on Sutton Common and represents the characteristic long mound form typical of early Neolithic communal burial practices in Britain, dating to approximately 4000–3000 BC. Such monuments served as repositories for multiple interments and held considerable significance as territorial markers within Neolithic settlement patterns. The site's preservation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of early farming communities in East Anglia.

Long barrow on Sutton Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006025. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Long barrow on Sutton Common?

Long barrow on Sutton Common is a Neolithic burial monument located in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006025.

Who is responsible for protecting Long barrow on Sutton Common?

Long barrow on Sutton Common 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 1006025.

What other scheduled monuments are near Long barrow on Sutton Common?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Five bowl barrows 490m and 500m north west of Bussock Barn (2.5 km), Henge and associated barrow cemetery south of Home Whin Farm (2.8 km), Settlement sites 330yds (300m) NW of Walnut Tree Farm (4.4 km).

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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
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Local Names
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Long barrow on Sutton Common

Long barrow on Sutton Common stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Long barrow on Sutton Common

Sutton HooArchaeological site · ~1.8 milesColchesterRoman town · ~24 miles