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The Group of barrows at Annan Road is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Essex, England. The site comprises multiple burial mounds which represent significant evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial practices in the region during the third and second millennia before the Common Era. The barrows form part of the broader pattern of barrow construction across Essex during this period, reflecting the ritual and social importance of these elevated burial structures. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed remains, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as focal points for ceremonial and commemorative practices within prehistoric communities.
Group of barrows at Annan Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1464139. View the official record →
The Group of barrows at Annan Road is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Essex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1464139.
Group of barrows at Annan Road 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 1464139.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tumulus NW of East Donyland Hall (3.1 km), Berechurch Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum (4 km), Remains of St Peter's Church, 460m south of Church Farm (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Group of barrows at Annan Road'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.
Group of barrows at Annan Road stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.