The Warbanks

The Warbanks are an archaeological site comprising irregular earthworks that straddle the A134 in the Suffolk parishes of Lawshall, Cockfield and Shimpling.

They are of very ancient origin and comprise long ramparts and ditches crossed by a Roman road (now the A134) running between Alpheton and Bradfield Combust, just north of Thorn Corner.

Dense timber on either flank on the flat heavy boulder clay along with the ramparts of the Warbanks would have made this a notable military post.

A late Bronze Age sword (now in the Moyse's Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds) was found on the site of the Warbanks and has been dated as 800-600BC and could give a clue to the age of the banks.

[3] Suffolk County Council's Archaeological Service have identified the following: 1581: Section (b) named Le Barowe.