Scheduled Ancient Monument: BOWL BARROW AND PILL BOX 450M NORTH WEST OF SHEEP DRIFT FARM (21267)

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Authority
Suffix 21267
Date assigned 12 May 1994
Date last amended

Description

The monument includes a bowl barrow and a superimposed World War II pill box with associated trenches. It is situated immediately to the south east of what was formerly Martlesham Heath Airfield. The barrow is visible as an earthen mound which survives to a maximum height of 1.7m. The mound is now incomplete, but is known originally to have covered an area approximately 17m in diameter. On it is a hexagonal pill box, constructed of brick and concrete and occupying an area of approximately 10 square metres, and around this are the remains of a gun emplacement and slit trenches with brick retaining walls. A survey and limited excavation were carried out on the site in July 1991, in order to ascertain the extent of surviving archaeological deposits in the barrow. This showed that the mound survives to a height of approximately 0.9m beneath the floor of the pill box and that, even in areas which have been substantially levelled, parts of the base of the mound and underlying soils remain intact. One sherd of Bronze Age pottery was found in the yellow sand of which the mound is composed.

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  • Scheduling record: English Heritage. Scheduled Ancient Monument file.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TM 2495 4459 (25m by 25m)
Map sheet TM24SW
Civil Parish MARTLESHAM, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Record last edited

Jul 20 2012 2:35PM

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