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Five bowl barrows is a group of Bronze Age funerary monuments forming part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath in Hertfordshire. The site comprises five burial mounds of bowl barrow form, the characteristic low earthwork type prevalent in the British Bronze Age. These monuments are situated within a larger barrow cemetery that represents sustained ritual and commemorative activity across the heath during the second millennium BCE. The preservation of multiple barrows in close association provides archaeological evidence for prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in the chalk uplands of Hertfordshire.
Five bowl barrows: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010431. View the official record →
Five bowl barrows is a group of Bronze Age funerary monuments forming part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath in Hertfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010431.
Five bowl barrows: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath 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 1010431.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site, Goodfellows. (4.6 km), Double moat and fishpond, Queenbury (4.8 km), Reed Hall moated site, Reed (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Five bowl barrows: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath'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.
Five bowl barrows: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.