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King's Hill barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Lincolnshire, England. The monument survives as an earthwork mound and represents an important example of prehistoric funerary practice in the region. Such barrows typically functioned as communal or individual burial monuments and are significant archaeological indicators of settlement patterns and ritual activity during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. The site's survival and scheduling as a protected monument reflects its importance to understanding prehistoric Lincolnshire and the development of monumental architecture in England.
King's Hill barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004951. View the official record →
King's Hill barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located in Lincolnshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004951.
King's Hill 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 1004951.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bardney Abbey: remains of a Benedictine monastery, fishponds, post-medieval house and formal gardens (0.8 km), Tupholme Abbey: a Premonstratensian abbey and post-medieval houses and formal gardens (3.4 km), Seney Place: the remains of a medieval moated monastic retreat house, Southrey (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of King's Hill 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.
King's Hill 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.