Monument record ARG 001 - Aldringham Green Round Barrow; Two bowl barrows, Aldringham Green
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 4470 6081 (49m by 39m) Centred on |
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Map sheet | TM46SW |
Civil Parish | ALDRINGHAM CUM THORPE, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Tumuli are situated on Aldringham Green, S of the vicarage (S1) - also see ARG 012 & 013.
Scheduled by Ministry of works pre 1939 (S2).
1948: Round barrow consisting of a mound 60 feet diameter surrounded by a ditch, bank and outer ditch. The mound is 4 feet high from the bottom ofthe inner ditch. Part of the outer ditch on the S side has been dug away by a sandpit (S2).
1970: Gorse in places standing to a height of circa 9 feet, covered Aldringham Green, although possibly still extant the published features could not, with certainty, be identified (S3).
1977: Not described (S4).
1981: Gorse covered with a few brambles on N side. Bracken encroaching from SE. Appears to be slight depression 1 metre in diameter to S of summit. Some animal disturbance. Ditch bank and outer ditch and dimensions as specified. Spoke to (see 'Not to be published on web' tab for finder/s and/or findspot/s), site will remain unchanged on heathland common (S2).
1984: Barrow totally concealed by thick gorse (S2).
1992: The mound covers an area circa 21m in diameter and stands to a height of 1.2m. the ditch .. has a maximum width of 4m, and the bank surrounding it measures circa 5m in width and 0.3m in height. The total diameter of the barrow is, therefore, circa 39m. A section of the outer bank on the S side of the barrow has been cut away by the eroded side of an old sand pit (S2).
January 1993: Scheduled area enlarged to include ARG 012 (S2).
Sources/Archives (7)
- <M1> SSF41525 (No record type): Barrow survey: archive.
- <S1> SSF54455 Bibliographic reference: 1911. Victoria County History, Suffolk (VCH). 265.
- <M2> SSF41526 (No record type): SAM file:.
- <S2> SSF5242 Unpublished document: Department of the Environment. Scheduling information.
- <M3> SSF41527 (No record type): Photograph: AFD 7.
- <S3> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TM46SW3, 1970.
- <S4> SSF5522 Bibliographic reference: Lawson A J, Martin E A & Priddy D. 1981. The Barrows of East Anglia.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (5)
- Event - Survey: Site Visit by DOE (Chant K) (Ref: DOE (Chant K)) (ESF13921)
- Event - Survey: Site Visit by DOE (Paterson H) (Ref: DOE (Paterson H)) (ESF13486)
- Event - Survey: Site Visit by OS (FDC F1) (Ref: OS (FDC F1)) (ESF12659)
- Event - Survey: Site Visit by SAU (EM) (Ref: SAU (EM)) (ESF13766)
- Event - Survey: Survey by OS 1:10560 (Ref: OS 1:10560) (ESF14377)
Record last edited
Aug 4 2022 10:08AM