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Bell barrow: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath

England
List entry 1009756
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009756
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
TL 34093 40140
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bell barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath, Hertfordshire. The monument is distinguished by its characteristic bell-shaped profile, with a central mound surrounded by a ditch, a form typical of funerary monuments erected during the second millennium BCE. As a component of a substantial barrow cemetery, it represents an important concentration of prehistoric burial activity in the region and contributes to our understanding of Bronze Age settlement and ritual practices in Hertfordshire. The site is protected as a scheduled monument under the National Heritage List for England.

Bell barrow: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009756. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bell barrow: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath?

Bell barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath, Hertfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009756.

Who is responsible for protecting Bell barrow: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath?

Bell barrow: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath 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 1009756.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bell barrow: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site, Goodfellows. (4.5 km), Double moat and fishpond, Queenbury (4.7 km), Reed Hall moated site, Reed (5 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site, Goodfellows.
4.5 km
Double moat and fishpond, Queenbury
4.7 km
Reed Hall moated site, Reed
5 km
Bush Wood moated site and hollow-way
5.3 km
Gannock Grove moated site and hollow-way
5.3 km
Triple ditches at Galley Hill
5.5 km
Bowl barrow 1km south-west of Heath Farm: part of the round barrow cemetery on Deadman's Hill
5.7 km
'The Mount'
5.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bell barrow: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath

Bell barrow: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bell barrow: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath

Great ChesterfordRoman town · ~10.2 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~13.5 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~19.7 milesSt AlbansRoman town · ~24.1 miles
Domesday entry for Therfield, Hertfordshire →
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