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Ringwork in Burnthall Plantation is a medieval earthwork monument located in Suffolk, England. The site consists of a circular or oval enclosed area defined by a bank and ditch, characteristic of ringwork fortifications that were constructed during the Norman period and High Middle Ages. Such earthwork defences typically served as administrative centres, manorial strongholds, or fortified residences for local lords during the eleventh to thirteenth centuries. The monument survives as an important example of non-masonry medieval fortification in the region, preserving evidence of the defensive and domestic arrangements of its period.
Ringwork in Burnthall Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017789. View the official record →
Ringwork in Burnthall Plantation is a medieval earthwork monument located in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017789.
Ringwork in Burnthall Plantation 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 1017789.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bell barrow 420m north west of Park Farm (1.6 km), Two Pickett-Hamilton forts at Honington airfield, 750m and 1.25km south west of Broomhill Cottages (1.8 km), Bowl barrow and moot known as Troston Mount (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ringwork in Burnthall Plantation'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.
Ringwork in Burnthall Plantation stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.