Two bowl barrows in Hobbin's Belt, 820m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemetery

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History & significance

Two bowl barrows in Hobbin's Belt, located 820 metres south-east of White House Farm, are part of the Seven Hills barrow cemetery, a significant Bronze Age burial landscape in Suffolk. These earthwork monuments comprise two distinct round mounds characteristic of bowl barrow form, a common funerary structure of the Bronze Age period. The barrows form part of a larger cemetery complex that testifies to sustained ritual and burial practice across the Bronze Age, with the site demonstrating the settlement and ceremonial patterns of early Bronze Age communities in East Anglia. The monuments survive as scheduled ancient monuments and are listed entries on the National Heritage List for England, reflecting their archaeological importance and contribution to understanding Bronze Age burial practices in Suffolk.

Two bowl barrows in Hobbin's Belt, 820m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011446. View the official record →

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