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Hey Hill: a Roman barrow 260m south west of Lord's Bridge

England
List entry 1018971
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018971
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.11 hectares
Grid reference
TL 39441 54498
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hey Hill is a Roman barrow situated approximately 260 metres south-west of Lord's Bridge in Cambridgeshire. The monument comprises a burial mound of Roman date, representing a form of funerary practice employed during the Romano-British period in the region. Such barrows typically contained inhumation burials and associated grave goods, though detailed archaeological records specific to this site remain limited in the published scholarly record. The site's survival and official designation reflect its significance as evidence of Roman settlement patterns and burial customs in Roman East Anglia.

Hey Hill: a Roman barrow 260m south west of Lord's Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018971. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Hey Hill: a Roman barrow 260m south west of Lord's Bridge?

Hey Hill is a Roman barrow situated approximately 260 metres south-west of Lord's Bridge in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018971.

Who is responsible for protecting Hey Hill: a Roman barrow 260m south west of Lord's Bridge?

Hey Hill: a Roman barrow 260m south west of Lord's Bridge 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 1018971.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hey Hill: a Roman barrow 260m south west of Lord's Bridge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement site at Manor Farm (5 km), Roman site N of Brown Spinney (6.2 km), Dovecote at Home Farm (6.6 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Settlement site at Manor Farm
5 km
Roman site N of Brown Spinney
6.2 km
Dovecote at Home Farm
6.6 km
Moated site known as Hall Yards, 150m north west of Tyrell's Hall
6.7 km
Moated site 170m south west of Tyrell's Hall
6.9 km
Bi-focal deserted medieval settlement earthworks
7 km
Enclosures and linear trackways SE of Newton
7.2 km
Settlement site SE of West Hill
7.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hey Hill: a Roman barrow 260m south west of Lord's Bridge

Hey Hill: a Roman barrow 260m south west of Lord's Bridge stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.

The wider landscape

Around Hey Hill: a Roman barrow 260m south west of Lord's Bridge

CambridgeRoman town · ~4.3 milesGreat ChesterfordRoman town · ~9.8 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~13.5 miles
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