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Bowl barrow in Isleham Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Cambridgeshire, England. The monument takes the form of a low, rounded earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type constructed during the Bronze Age across southern Britain. Such barrows served as communal or individual burial sites and often contained inhumations or cremations accompanied by grave goods. The site's survival within the plantation setting represents an important archaeological record of Bronze Age mortuary practice in the East Anglian landscape.
Bowl barrow in Isleham Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015242. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Isleham Plantation is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Cambridgeshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015242.
Bowl barrow in Isleham Plantation 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 1015242.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Four bowl barrows north of the A11/A14 junction, part of the Chippenham barrow cemetery (4.4 km), Hilly Plantation bowl barrow, part of the Chippenham barrow cemetery, 500m south west of Waterhall Farm (4.5 km), The Rookery bowl barrow, part of the Chippenham barrow cemetery, 250m south of Waterhall Farm (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow in Isleham Plantation's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bowl barrow in Isleham Plantation stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.