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Bowl barrow, known as Grinnel Hill, is a Bronze Age burial mound situated 260 metres south-south-east of Lodge Cottage in Cambridgeshire. The monument comprises a circular earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type of the Bronze Age period. Such barrows typically contained inhumation or cremation burials accompanied by grave goods, and served as focal points for ritual and commemoration within prehistoric communities. The site's survival as a recognisable earthwork demonstrates the persistence of Bronze Age landscape features across the Cambridgeshire countryside.
Bowl barrow, known as Grinnel Hill, 260m SSE of Lodge Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011719. View the official record →
Bowl barrow, known as Grinnel Hill, is a Bronze Age burial mound situated 260 metres south-south-east of Lodge Cottage in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011719.
Bowl barrow, known as Grinnel Hill, 260m SSE of Lodge Cottage 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 1011719.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Springfield style enclosure, three bowl barrows and two pond barrows on Whiteley Hill (4.5 km), Pond barrow: one of two round barrows on Pen Hills (5.4 km), Bowl barrow: one of two round barrows on Pen Hills (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow, known as Grinnel Hill, 260m SSE of Lodge Cottage'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, known as Grinnel Hill, 260m SSE of Lodge Cottage stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.