Scheduled MonumentsEnglandFour bowl barrows at Allington Hill, 420m south west of Allington Hill Farm

Four bowl barrows at Allington Hill, 420m south west of Allington Hill Farm

England
List entry 1016820
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016820
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.4 hectares
Grid reference
TL 57817 58598, TL 57779 58478, TL 58352 58675, TL 57968 58724
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Four bowl barrows at Allington Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the Cambridgeshire chalklands, situated approximately 420 metres south west of Allington Hill Farm. The site comprises four round barrows of typical Bronze Age bowl type, which would have functioned as burial mounds for members of the Bronze Age community. Such barrow clusters are characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice in East Anglia, typically dating to the period between approximately 2000 and 1000 BCE. The monument represents an important survival of Bronze Age ritual and mortuary practices in the region, contributing to the archaeological understanding of settlement patterns and social organisation during the Bronze Age on the East Anglian chalklands.

Four bowl barrows at Allington Hill, 420m south west of Allington Hill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016820. View the official record →

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What is Four bowl barrows at Allington Hill, 420m south west of Allington Hill Farm?

Four bowl barrows at Allington Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the Cambridgeshire chalklands, situated approximately 420 metres south west of Allington Hill Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016820.

Who is responsible for protecting Four bowl barrows at Allington Hill, 420m south west of Allington Hill Farm?

Four bowl barrows at Allington Hill, 420m south west of Allington Hill 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 1016820.

What other scheduled monuments are near Four bowl barrows at Allington Hill, 420m south west of Allington Hill Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British settlement 200m west of Allington Hill (0.6 km), Five bowl barrows 270m north of Hare Park Stud (1.2 km), Causewayed enclosure 900m west of Great Wilbraham parish church (4.4 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Four bowl barrows at Allington Hill, 420m south west of Allington Hill Farm

Four bowl barrows at Allington Hill, 420m south west of Allington Hill Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.