Scheduled Ancient Monument: TWO BOWL BARROWS ON ALDRINGHAM GREEN (21277)

The monument includes two bowl barrows situated near the edge of a south-west facing slope overlooking the Hundred River. The larger of the two is visible as an earthen mound encircled by a ditch and an outer bank. The mound covers an area c.21m in diameter and stands to a height of 1.2m. The ditch, from which earth was dug and used during construction of the barrow, but which has become largely infilled, has a maximum width of 4m, and the bank surrounding it measures c.5m in width and 0.3m in height. The total diameter of the barrow is therefore c.39m. A section of the outer bank on the southern side of the barrow has been cut away by the eroded side of an old sand pit. The second barrow, which lies 7.5m to the south-east of the first, is visible as a mound encircled by a ditch. The mound covers a circular area c.14m in diameter and stands to a maximum height of 0.6m. A slight hollow in the centre marks the site of an old excavation. The surrounding ditch is c.3m wide, and is visible as a hollow 0.25m deep in the ground surface. The total diameter of the barrow is c.20m.