Monument record BAR 012 - Bowback Heath (Un)

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Summary

Site of barrow, SW of Knox Lane.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 9428 7604 (50m by 50m)
Map sheet TL97NW
Civil Parish BARDWELL, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Barrow (site of) - SW of Knox Lane (S1).
Practically obliterated, 1-1.5 feet high. Appears to be longer N-S than E-W. As 1837 map shows two tumuli here, the two may be represented by present elevation of the surface. 'Tradition' of four tumuli.
1962: This barrow has been levelled and no trace of it remains (R1).
Stone axe-hammer (see BA) reported by Warren:- `1849 I bought at Bardwell a stone hammer. It was found in removing a barrow on Bowback Heath, about 9 years before'. `Bowback Heath is in the parish of Bardwell, I remember several barrows on it, before it was inclosed' (S2).
Shown on 1878 OS map (S3)
Also BA.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <R1> Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TL97NW13.
  • <S1> Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, III, 101.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Basil Brown archive: volume.
  • <S2> (No record type): Warren J, The Warren Journal, 121.
  • <S3> (No record type): OS, map no 55, Eye & Stowmarket, 1878.

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Record last edited

Mar 3 2015 3:47PM

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