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Cain Hill Monument is a Neolithic long barrow located approximately 686 metres south-east of Wrest House in Bedfordshire. The monument represents a burial structure characteristic of the early Neolithic period, constructed as an earthwork mound aligned on a north-south axis. Long barrows of this type served as communal burial chambers for local populations and typically contained multiple inhumations alongside pottery and flint implements. The site remains an important archaeological record of early farming communities in the region during the fourth and third millennia before the Common Era.
Cain Hill Monument 686m south-east of Wrest House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1403046. View the official record →
Cain Hill Monument is a Neolithic long barrow located approximately 686 metres south-east of Wrest House in Bedfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1403046.
Cain Hill Monument 686m south-east of Wrest House 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 1403046.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site in Pegsdon Belt (5.3 km), Moated site and associated enclosure at Rectory Farm (5.5 km), Bowl barrow at Knocking Knoll, 640m E of Pegsdon Common Farm (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cain Hill Monument 686m south-east of Wrest House'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.
Cain Hill Monument 686m south-east of Wrest House stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.