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Cherry Tree Hill round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Cambridgeshire, England. The monument is entered on the National Heritage List for England under reference 1006781, indicating its recognition as a scheduled ancient monument of national importance. As a round barrow, it represents a characteristic funerary monument type of the Bronze Age period, when such earthworks served as burial places for individuals or small communities across lowland Britain. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork in the Cambridgeshire landscape, preserving evidence of prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the region.
Cherry Tree Hill round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006781. View the official record →
Cherry Tree Hill round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Cambridgeshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006781.
Cherry Tree Hill round barrow 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 1006781.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ancient sea defence called Roman Bank, stretching for 600yds (550m) NW of Little Dowgate, Wisbech (0.1 km), Rabbit Hill round barrow (0.4 km), Cross in All Saints churchyard (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cherry Tree Hill round barrow'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.
Cherry Tree Hill round barrow stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.