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Bowl barrow 620m north east of East Wryde Cottages

England
List entry 1021306
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021306
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.15 hectares
Grid reference
TF 32062 05181
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow 620m north east of East Wryde Cottages is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Cambridgeshire. The monument consists of a circular earthen mound characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a common funerary monument type across southern Britain during the Bronze Age period. The barrow represents evidence of prehistoric burial practices and territorial settlement patterns in the region, contributing to understanding of Early and Middle Bronze Age communities in East Anglia. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1021306.

Bowl barrow 620m north east of East Wryde Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021306. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow 620m north east of East Wryde Cottages?

Bowl barrow 620m north east of East Wryde Cottages is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021306.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow 620m north east of East Wryde Cottages?

Bowl barrow 620m north east of East Wryde Cottages 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 1021306.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow 620m north east of East Wryde Cottages?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman drove, enclosures and building platform at Chestnut Farm (3.2 km), Fleet settlement site near Lambert Drain (5.1 km), Roman field system and drove at Pode Hole Farm (6 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
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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
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Roman drove, enclosures and building platform at Chestnut Farm
3.2 km
Fleet settlement site near Lambert Drain
5.1 km
Roman field system and drove at Pode Hole Farm
6 km
Bowl barrow 490m west of Gores Farm
6.6 km
St Vincent's Cross
6.6 km
Bowl barrow 730m WSW of Gores Farm
6.9 km
Bowl barrow immediately north east of Bank Farm
7.6 km
Ring ditch and settlement site north of Eastrea
8.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow 620m north east of East Wryde Cottages

Bowl barrow 620m north east of East Wryde Cottages 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 620m north east of East Wryde Cottages

Flag FenArchaeological site · ~7.5 milesWater NewtonRoman town · ~13.4 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~22.1 miles
Domesday entry for Thorney, Cambridgeshire →
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