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Pitches Mount is a Neolithic long barrow located in Suffolk, England. The monument consists of an earthen mound of considerable length, characteristic of the Neolithic period's funerary architecture, dating to approximately 4000-3000 BCE. Long barrows such as Pitches Mount served as communal burial monuments and represent some of the earliest substantial structures built by farming communities in Britain. The site remains a significant archaeological record of early Neolithic settlement and ritual practice in East Anglia.
Pitches Mount is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006007. View the official record →
Pitches Mount is a Neolithic long barrow located in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006007.
Pitches Mount 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 1006007.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Manorial bank adjacent to Lindsey Chapel (2.3 km), Lindsey Castle (2.3 km), St James' Chapel (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pitches Mount'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.
Pitches Mount stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.