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Bowl barrow 225m north east of Prior's Fen Farm

England
List entry 1021311
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021311
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.26 hectares
Grid reference
TF 25798 00052
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 225m north east of Prior's Fen Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cambridgeshire. The site consists of a circular earthwork mound characteristic of bowl barrows, a common burial form in Bronze Age Britain. Such monuments typically date to the period between approximately 2000 and 1000 BC and served as burial places for individuals of status within their communities. The barrow's survival as a discernible earthwork indicates its archaeological value for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary practices in the East Anglian landscape.

Bowl barrow 225m north east of Prior's Fen Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021311. View the official record →

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What is Bowl barrow 225m north east of Prior's Fen Farm?

Bowl barrow 225m north east of Prior's Fen Farm is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021311.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 225m north east of Prior's Fen Farm?

Bowl barrow 225m north east of Prior's Fen 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 1021311.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 225m north east of Prior's Fen Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 430m north east of Prior's Fen Farm (0.2 km), Bowl barrow immediately north east of Bank Farm (1 km), Bowl barrow 730m WSW of Gores Farm (1.5 km).

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Overview
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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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 430m north east of Prior's Fen Farm
0.2 km
Bowl barrow immediately north east of Bank Farm
1 km
Bowl barrow 730m WSW of Gores Farm
1.5 km
Roman field system and trackway with later field ditches and drove on Whittlesey Washes, 60m south of Bedford House
2.8 km
A Bronze Age post alignment and timber platform at Flag Fen and associated Bronze Age and later field systems and settlement to either side of the Northey Road
3.1 km
Whittlesey Butter Cross
3.3 km
Ring ditch and settlement site north of Eastrea
4.6 km
Stanground Wash Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery
4.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 225m north east of Prior's Fen Farm

Bowl barrow 225m north east of Prior's Fen Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Bowl barrow 225m north east of Prior's Fen Farm

Flag FenArchaeological site · ~2.5 milesWater NewtonRoman town · ~8.7 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~18.4 miles
Domesday entry for Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire →
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