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Lumber Hill bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located near Chippenham in Cambridgeshire. The monument consists of a roughly circular earthwork typical of bowl barrows, a common funerary form in prehistoric Britain. Though the site has been subject to some degradation over time, it remains a significant archaeological record of early burial practices in the East Anglian landscape. The barrow contributes to the substantial archaeological heritage of the Cambridgeshire chalklands, where such monuments are indicators of prehistoric settlement and ceremonial activity.
Lumber Hill bowl barrow, 720m ENE of Chippenham Stud is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020395. View the official record →
Lumber Hill bowl barrow is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial mound located near Chippenham in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020395.
Lumber Hill bowl barrow, 720m ENE of Chippenham Stud 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 1020395.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Four bowl barrows north of the A11/A14 junction, part of the Chippenham barrow cemetery (2.9 km), The Rookery bowl barrow, part of the Chippenham barrow cemetery, 250m south of Waterhall Farm (3 km), Hilly Plantation bowl barrow, part of the Chippenham barrow cemetery, 500m south west of Waterhall Farm (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lumber Hill bowl barrow, 720m ENE of Chippenham Stud'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.
Lumber Hill bowl barrow, 720m ENE of Chippenham Stud stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.