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Bowl barrow on Goffers Knoll is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Cambridgeshire. The monument consists of a simple hemispherical earthwork characteristic of bowl barrows, a common funerary monument type of the Bronze Age period. Such barrows typically date from the second millennium BC and were constructed to mark the burial places of individuals of some social standing, often containing inhumations or cremations along with grave goods. The site represents an important element of the archaeological landscape documenting Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the East Anglian region.
Bowl barrow on Goffers Knoll is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011715. View the official record →
Bowl barrow on Goffers Knoll is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011715.
Bowl barrow on Goffers Knoll 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 1011715.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barley lock-up (4.2 km), Bush Wood moated site and hollow-way (7 km), Moated site, Goodfellows. (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bowl barrow on Goffers Knoll'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 on Goffers Knoll stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.