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Long barrow at Foulmire Fen is a Neolithic burial monument located in Cambridgeshire, situated approximately 140 metres north west of the junction of Back and Small Fen Drove. The barrow represents a characteristic form of communal burial architecture from the Early Neolithic period, constructed as an elongated earthen mound designed to contain human remains and grave goods. Such monuments are significant archaeological indicators of early farming communities and their ceremonial practices in prehistoric Britain. The site's survival in the fenland landscape, despite agricultural activity and environmental change, contributes to the archaeological record of Neolithic settlement and ritual in the East Anglian region.
Long barrow at Foulmire Fen, 140m north west of the junction of Back and Small Fen Drove is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019983. View the official record →
Long barrow at Foulmire Fen is a Neolithic burial monument located in Cambridgeshire, situated approximately 140 metres north west of the junction of Back and Small Fen Drove. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019983.
Long barrow at Foulmire Fen, 140m north west of the junction of Back and Small Fen Drove 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 1019983.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three bowl barrows 450m and 570m east of New England, part of the Haddenham round barrow cemetery (2.1 km), Two bowl barrows 370m and 505m south of New England, part of the Haddenham round barrow cemetery (2.6 km), Bowl barrow 450m east of Shelford Farm (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long barrow at Foulmire Fen, 140m north west of the junction of Back and Small Fen Drove'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.
Long barrow at Foulmire Fen, 140m north west of the junction of Back and Small Fen Drove 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.