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Bowl barrow in Turlhanger's Wood, 320 metres south east of Northfield Grange, is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Hertfordshire. The barrow takes the form of a simple earthen mound characteristic of Bronze Age funerary monuments, constructed to mark and cover an inhumation or cremation burial. Such bowl barrows represent one of the most common forms of prehistoric burial monument in southern England, typically dating to the period between approximately 2000 and 1500 BCE. The monument survives as an archaeological feature of significance for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the Hertfordshire region.
Bowl barrow in Turlhanger's Wood, 320m south east of Northfield Grange is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015592. View the official record →
Bowl barrow in Turlhanger's Wood, 320 metres south east of Northfield Grange, is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in Hertfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015592.
Bowl barrow in Turlhanger's Wood, 320m south east of Northfield Grange 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 1015592.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 210m long section immediately north west of Woodcock Hill (5.5 km), Marlin Chapel Farm moated site (6.3 km), Large multivallate hillfort known as Cholesbury Camp (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow in Turlhanger's Wood, 320m south east of Northfield Grange'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 Turlhanger's Wood, 320m south east of Northfield Grange stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.