Scheduled Ancient Monument: TWO BOWL BARROWS 150M SOUTH EAST OF WARRENHILL FARM (31111)
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Suffix | 31111 |
Date assigned | 16 April 1999 |
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Description
The monument includes two bowl barrows on ground which slopes to the north east, approximately 250m to the west of an Icknield Way path.
The most westerly barrow is visible as a low earthen mound, which stands to a height of approximately 0.8m and covers a roughly circular area with a maximum diameter of 55m. A second bowl barrow approximately 65m to the ESE of the first is also visible as a roughly circular earthern mound, with a height of about 0.7m and a maximum diameter of 53m. The mounds of both barrows have been spread by ploughing and are thought to overlie the ditches which originally encircled them and which will now survive as buried features.
Both barrows are marked on the 1837 Ordnance Survey 1st edition map as two small contour rings with a further larger rise to the south west. These may represent the `Threhowes' mentioned in a 14th century document relating to Herringswell.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 7167 6859 (154m by 122m) |
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Map sheet | TL76NW |
Civil Parish | HERRINGSWELL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
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Record last edited
Dec 20 2019 4:00PM