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Long barrow at South Fen is a Neolithic burial monument located in Cambridgeshire, south east of Between Ditches Drove. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound and represents a form of communal burial characteristic of the early Neolithic period, roughly dating to the fourth millennium BC. These monuments typically contained multiple inhumations and served important ceremonial and social functions within early farming communities of Britain. The site's preservation within the Cambridgeshire fenland landscape provides evidence of Neolithic settlement and burial practice in this region.
Long barrow at South Fen, 180m south east of Between Ditches Drove is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009994. View the official record →
Long barrow at South Fen is a Neolithic burial monument located in Cambridgeshire, south east of Between Ditches Drove. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009994.
Long barrow at South Fen, 180m south east of Between Ditches 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 1009994.
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 (2.9 km), Two bowl barrows 370m and 505m south of New England, part of the Haddenham round barrow cemetery (3.4 km), Bowl barrow 450m east of Shelford Farm (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long barrow at South Fen, 180m south east of Between Ditches 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 South Fen, 180m south east of Between Ditches 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.