Featured: Lost Secrets - an adventure during Neolithic times

Lost Secrets - an adventure during Neolithic times

Random Image


Coate circle

Stonehenge: The Story So Far, Julian Richards

Stonehenge: The Story So Far, Julian Richards

Who's Online

There are currently, 278 guests and 6 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

More Choices

Contribute to our running costs
Webrings
News Feeds
Megalithic Mysteries
Our Online Shop

<< Our Photo Pages >> Seven Hills - Barrow Cemetery in England in Suffolk

Submitted by JohnGinny on Saturday, 24 March 2012  Page Views: 17122

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Seven Hills
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.278 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Suffolk Type: Barrow Cemetery

Map Ref: TM225413  Landranger Map Number: 169
Latitude: 52.025464N  Longitude: 1.241805E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 4

Internal Links:
External Links:

I have visited· I would like to visit

JohnLindsay visited on 6th Apr 2012 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Interesingly the crematorium is called Seven Hills. There seems to be quite a lot of continuity in places of death. The complexity of finding out any more is that the museum authority is Colchester and Ipswich, if you are in Ipswich. Then there is Suffolk Archaeology. And the Suffolk Record Office. In the Ipswich museum there is a map showing a mass of things around this Nacton site, but only for one age, the other maps are only of Ipswich. In addition there is a suffolk institute of archaeology which produces proceedings so now to track all this down. The museum curator said start with suffolk archaeology

Seven Hills
Seven Hills submitted by JohnGinny : Barrow 2 - we have driven past this so many times and I only saw it for the first time yesterday! A well preserved and nicely shaped barrow. Just on the left before the railway bridge as you turn into Levington. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A group of barrows 500m south-east of White House Farm which forms a part of one of the best examples of a round barrow cemetery in Suffolk.

Barrow 2 (left) A well preserved and nicely shaped barrow. Just on the left before the railway bridge as you turn into Levington.

Most such barrow cemeteries developed over a long period of time, often many centuries, and in some cases acted as a focus for burials as late as the early medieval period.

They exhibit considerable diversity of burial rite, plan and form, frequently including different types of round barrow and, wherever large scale investigation beyond barrows has been undertaken, revealing contemporary or later 'flat' burials between the barrow mounds.

The Seven Hills cemetery is part of a larger group of round barrows and circular ditched enclosures which extend in a line to the south-east, over a distance of 3km, to Levington Heath.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Seven Hills
Seven Hills submitted by JohnGinny : Barrow 5. Again another partially destroyed barrow sitting right next to the road, that corresponds to the maps. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Seven Hills
Seven Hills submitted by JohnGinny : Barrow 6. Very tenuous that this is a barrow - and very difficult to get near to, but again close to the marks on the map. It looks as if the side of it has been dug into. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Seven Hills
Seven Hills submitted by JohnGinny : Barrow 4. Definitely a barrow - tucked back from the road a little but still clearly visible this time of year. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Seven Hills
Seven Hills submitted by JohnGinny : Barrow 3. Uncertain if this the remains of a barrow - the land fall looks about right - and correlates to old map markings - but it is so close to the A14 that is may have been partially destroyed when the road was built. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Seven Hills
Seven Hills submitted by JohnGinny : Barrow 1 opposite side of the road to the other ones.

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 698m W 273° Purdis Farm Cursus Cursus (TM218413)
 1.5km ESE 115° Levington Ring Ditches Barrow Cemetery (TM23864073)
 2.1km ESE 115° Levington Heath* Round Barrow(s) (TM244405)
 3.9km NNE 19° Brightwell Heath* Barrow Cemetery (TM23634505)
 4.1km NE 39° The Swale Round Barrow(s) (TM24954459)
 4.1km NE 39° Sheep Drift Farm Round Barrow(s) (TM2495444591)
 4.6km N 357° Kesgrave Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (TM22074591)
 4.8km NNE 19° Martlesham Bowl Barrow 1* Round Barrow(s) (TM23864587)
 4.9km NNE 19° Martlesham Bowl Barrow 2* Round Barrow(s) (TM23874598)
 4.9km N 358° Kesgrave Bowl Barrow 1* Round Barrow(s) (TM22074616)
 5.0km NE 39° Falcon Park Round Barrow(s) (TM25504534)
 5.1km NNE 22° Martlesham Airfield Round Barrow(s) (TM24224616)
 5.6km NNE 16° Martlesham Heath* Round Barrow(s) (TM238468)
 9.7km NE 43° Sutton Hoo* Artificial Mound (TM288487)
 10.2km ENE 71° Shottisham Monument Complex Henge (TM32004505)
 11.0km N 2° Burgh Enclosure Ancient Village or Settlement (TM224523)
 16.8km SW 232° Lawford Cursus (TM097303)
 17.0km SW 232° Lawford C Cursus Cursus (TM095303)
 17.1km SW 232° Lawford 2 Long Barrow (TM095302)
 17.2km SW 235° Lawford Timber Circle (TM088308)
 17.3km SW 232° Lawford Cursus (TM093301)
 18.1km WSW 238° Lawford B Cursus Cursus (TM075310)
 18.2km WSW 238° Lawford 1 Long Barrow (TM074311)
 18.2km WSW 244° Dedham Cursus (TM064326)
 18.6km WSW 250° Stratford St. Mary B Cursus Cursus (TM05253425)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Meidum Mastaba

Ardchonnell >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Contribute!

· NEW: I have visited
· I would like to visit
· Submit an Image
· Add a description
· Give accurate position
· Add a comment or news about this site

Farmers in Prehistoric Britain

Farmers in Prehistoric Britain

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Seven Hills" | Login/Create an Account | 5 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Re: Seven Hills by Anonymous on Sunday, 19 August 2012
Legend has it that these barrows were raised to cover the flower of East Anglian noble dead after the battle there in 1010 when Ulfkytel the Bold was defeated by Thorkell the Tall after Thorkytel Mare's Head fled the battle with his men. Familiar story of appropriated monuments for the more recent past...
[ Reply to This ]

Re: Seven Hills by coldrum on Monday, 18 June 2012
(User Info | Send a Message)
From Pastscape:

"A large group of barrows lies around the crossroads, N. of Orwell
railway station. Of the twelve investigated, eleven were found to
be bowl barrows. The twelfth has been almost completely destroyed.
A thirteenth barrow was unlocated. None has a visible ditch.

Published barrows -
'A' TM 2226 4132 In a clearing in Knight's Wood, but totally
obscured by tall bracken. About 1.5m high. Diameter not obtained.
Appears to be in good condition.
'B' TM 2232 4124 In good condition, 30.0m in diameter 1.4m high.
Within a wood, and tree covered. A track crossing over the
centre has very slightly mutilated it.
'C' TM 2249 4115. In good condition, 20.0m in diameter, 1.3m high.
Within a wood, bracken-covered.
'D' TM 2225 4122 In good condition. Dense high bracken covers the
mound. Estimated diameter, 20.0m Height 1.0m.
'E' TM 2258 4114 In good condition. 21.0m in diameter 1.0m. high.
Within a wood, but clear of trees.
'F' TM 2267 4115 Much mutilated mound, now of irregular shape
due to hurrowing and to digging away of the soil. Diameter 15.0m
E-W by 10.0m transversely Height 0.7m Within private woodland.
'G' TM 2262 4109 In good condition, 22.0m in diameter E-W by 24.0m
transversely, 0.9m high within woodland.
'H' TM 2253 4127 Mutilated remains of a bowl barrow, 20.0m in
diameter NE?SW by 15.0m transversely, 3.0m in height. Situated
in a cottage garden. An old excavation trench dug into the centre
of the mound from the S.W. side contains a gsrden shed. Another
cavity has been dug into the N.W. side to accommodate another shed.
The mound is bramble and bracken covered.
Published surveys (25" 1927) correct.
'J' TM 2228 4124 Barrow unlocated in dense, tall bracken, and no
rise in ground noted.
'K' TM 2228 4120 S.W. perimeter destroyed where cut by railway
fence, mound otherwise in good condition. 16.0m in diameter, 0.6m high Covered by light undergrowth and with some trees.
'L' TM 2231 4118 S.W. perimeter destroyed where cut by railway fence,
mound otherwise in good condition 16.0m diameter, 0.7m high.
Covered with light undergrowth with some trees.
'M' TM 2237 4118. In good condition. 22.5m in diameter, 0.9m high.
Trees growing on the mound, with light covering of bracken.
'N' TM 2254 4105. Barrow (? bowl) almost totally destroyed, first
by the construction of the signal box (now gone), later by the
construction of a wartime dug-out and attendant trenches, N.N.W.
of the signal box. Too frequently to give any dimensions. Trees
and bushes growing on the mound.
'K', 'L' AND 'M' surveyed at 1/2500. (3)

During the mutilation of the tumulus "immediately behind the Police
Station" (? site H) a quantity of black pottery was found, but it
was further broken and used to make a garden path. The barrow
had been 9ft high at the apex. (4) "

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=389983
[ Reply to This ]

Re: Seven Hills by JohnLindsay on Tuesday, 10 April 2012
(User Info | Send a Message)
this is on the 75 bus route, or these are on the 75 bus route. The OS map shows two groups but I'm not sure how the connections might work. The 75 is also called the 76 and the 77, which makes four an hour.
[ Reply to This ]

Re: Seven Hills by JohnLindsay on Tuesday, 27 March 2012
(User Info | Send a Message)
these links to the records with Defra magic make an interesting case. Things that are called barrow cemeteries seem often to have not been, but it takes a lot of work to work out whether there were actually burials at the time of the making, burials later, or no associated burials at all. EH seems to use the term indesciriminately? The literature is more complex for some writers use the terms for example BAR518 Pegsdon for one piece of calcinated bone, leaving out the spring which is in the Discovery label. I know there is no connection between BAR518 and this barrow, or the group called seven hills, but BAR58 happens to be in my mind at the moment. The Six Hills in Stevenage I remember reading about in the local library but I can't remember the result. The same thing happened with the Five Knolls in Dunstable. The striking thing I thought was the grouping in a straight line and the uncertainty of date of construction but again I can't remember the details as I didn't know about this site when I made those visits, so I haven't a retrievable note on the details here.
[ Reply to This ]

Re: Seven Hills by Andy B on Saturday, 24 March 2012
(User Info | Send a Message)
Links to the Scheduling descriptions:

21282 TWO BOWL BARROWS IN KNIGHT'S WOOD, 460M SOUTH-EAST OF WHITE HOUSE FARM: PART OF SEVEN HILLS BARROW CEMETERY
http://magic.defra.gov.uk/rsm/21282.pdf

21283 BOWL BARROW IN HOBBIN'S BELT, 740M SOUTH-EAST OF WHITE HOUSE FARM: PART OF SEVEN HILLS BARROW CEMETERY
http://magic.defra.gov.uk/rsm/21283.pdf

21281 SIX BOWL BARROWS IN KNIGHT'S WOOD, 500M SOUTH-EAST OF WHITE HOUSE FARM: PART OF SEVEN HILLS BARROW CEMETERY
http://magic.defra.gov.uk/rsm/21281.pdf
[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.