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Bowl barrow, known as the `Round Hill', 440m WNW of College Farm

England
List entry 1013521
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013521
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
TL 14875 55013
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bowl barrow, known as the Round Hill, is a Bronze Age burial mound located 440 metres west-north-west of College Farm in Bedfordshire. The monument takes the form of a simple bowl barrow, a common funerary structure of the Bronze Age period characterised by a low mound with a circular profile. The barrow represents evidence of prehistoric burial practices and ritual activity in the region. As a scheduled ancient monument, it remains an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age settlement and mortuary customs in Bedfordshire.

Bowl barrow, known as the `Round Hill', 440m WNW of College Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013521. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bowl barrow, known as the `Round Hill', 440m WNW of College Farm?

Bowl barrow, known as the Round Hill, is a Bronze Age burial mound located 440 metres west-north-west of College Farm in Bedfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013521.

Who is responsible for protecting Bowl barrow, known as the `Round Hill', 440m WNW of College Farm?

Bowl barrow, known as the `Round Hill', 440m WNW of College 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 1013521.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bowl barrow, known as the `Round Hill', 440m WNW of College Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Willington dovecot (6.6 km), Willington stables (6.6 km), Romano-British settlement south of Willington (7.3 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.
Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Willington dovecot
6.6 km
Willington stables
6.6 km
Romano-British settlement south of Willington
7.3 km
Slight univallate hillfort on Galley Hill
8 km
Sandy Lodge promontory fort
8.3 km
Settlement site N of Chapel End Farm
8.5 km
Medieval fishery and warren in Home Wood
8.7 km
Bronze Age Round Barrow and Later Settlement on Biggleswade Common
8.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bowl barrow, known as the `Round Hill', 440m WNW of College Farm

Bowl barrow, known as the `Round Hill', 440m WNW of College 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, known as the `Round Hill', 440m WNW of College Farm

GodmanchesterRoman town · ~11.3 milesIrchesterRoman town · ~16.1 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~18.5 milesGreat ChesterfordRoman town · ~23.2 miles
Domesday entry for Roxton, Bedfordshire →
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