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Low Hill bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 575 metres north of Fen Drayton Reservoir in Cambridgeshire. The monument takes the form of a simple bowl barrow, a common funerary structure of the Bronze Age period characterised by a circular earthwork mound of moderate dimensions. Such barrows typically contained cremated or inhumed remains, often accompanied by grave goods, and served as focal points for ritual and commemoration within prehistoric communities. The site's survival as a scheduled ancient monument reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement and burial practice in the Cambridgeshire landscape.
Low Hill bowl barrow, 575m north of Fen Drayton Reservoir is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020392. View the official record →
Low Hill bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located approximately 575 metres north of Fen Drayton Reservoir in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020392.
Low Hill bowl barrow, 575m north of Fen Drayton Reservoir 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 1020392.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The priory barn: remains of the Benedictine priory at Saint Ives (2.4 km), St Ives Bridge (2.6 km), 'Castle Hill' earthworks (2.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Low Hill bowl barrow, 575m north of Fen Drayton Reservoir'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.
Low Hill bowl barrow, 575m north of Fen Drayton Reservoir stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.