Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBarrow E of Common Farm

Barrow E of Common Farm

England
List entry 1006916
Nation
England
Boundary

Scheduled area

© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)

Overview

History & significance

Barrow E of Common Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Cambridgeshire. The monument forms part of a barrow cemetery and represents the funerary practices of the prehistoric communities inhabiting the region during the Bronze Age. As a scheduled ancient monument, it retains archaeological significance for understanding settlement patterns and burial customs of this period in East Anglia. The barrow survives as an earthwork feature, though like many such monuments it has been subject to agricultural use and landscape change over subsequent centuries.

Barrow E of Common Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006916. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Barrow E of Common Farm?

Barrow E of Common Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006916.

Who is responsible for protecting Barrow E of Common Farm?

Barrow E of Common Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006916.

What other scheduled monuments are near Barrow E of Common Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 250m ESE of Common Farm: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery in Block Fen (0.1 km), Bowl barrow 200m SE of Horseley Fen Farm (2.1 km), Round barrow 690m SSW of Stocking Drove Farm (3.7 km).

Aubrey Research

Generate a full report for this location

Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in Britain — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.

Research the area around Barrow E of Common Farm