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Bell barrow 220m north west of Priory Farm

England
List entry 1015014
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015014
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.06 hectares
Grid reference
TL 62625 44993
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bell barrow 220m north west of Priory Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cambridgeshire. The barrow consists of a central mound surrounded by a ditch, a characteristic form of burial monument constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such bell barrows typically served as the burial places of individuals of status within prehistoric communities, and their distribution across the landscape provides important evidence for settlement patterns and social organisation in prehistoric Cambridgeshire. The monument's survival to the present day, despite agricultural use of the surrounding land, makes it a significant archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age funerary practice in the East Midlands region.

Bell barrow 220m north west of Priory Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015014. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bell barrow 220m north west of Priory Farm?

Bell barrow 220m north west of Priory Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015014.

Who is responsible for protecting Bell barrow 220m north west of Priory Farm?

Bell barrow 220m north west of Priory 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 1015014.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bell barrow 220m north west of Priory Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Helions moated site (4.2 km), Wincelow Hall moated site (6.7 km), Latchley's Farm moated site and fishponds (7 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Helions moated site
4.2 km
Wincelow Hall moated site
6.7 km
Latchley's Farm moated site and fishponds
7 km
St Aylott's moated site and fishpond
7.6 km
The Howses moated site
8.5 km
Tiptoft's moated site and fishponds
9.5 km
The Rookery, moated site, 350m west of Goddards Farm
9.5 km
A moated site at Goddards Farm
9.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bell barrow 220m north west of Priory Farm

Bell barrow 220m north west of Priory Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bell barrow 220m north west of Priory Farm

Great ChesterfordRoman town · ~7.7 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~14.3 miles
Domesday entry for Camps, Cambridgeshire →
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