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Pole Hill bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Suffolk, England. The monument consists of a simple earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type across prehistoric Britain. Such barrows typically served as communal or individual burial sites and represent significant investments in commemorating the dead during these periods. The site's survival as an earthwork demonstrates the importance of burial practice in early British society and contributes to the archaeological record of Suffolk's prehistoric landscape.
Pole Hill bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008504. View the official record →
Pole Hill bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008504.
Pole Hill bowl barrow 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 1008504.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow north of Hobbin's Belt, 900m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemetery (3.1 km), Two bowl barrows in Hobbin's Belt, 820m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemetery (3.2 km), Bowl barrow in Hobbin's Belt, 850m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemetery (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pole Hill bowl barrow'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.
Pole Hill bowl barrow stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.