Scheduled MonumentsEnglandMill Mound: a bowl barrow 380m east of Payne's Farm

Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 380m east of Payne's Farm

England
List entry 1009450
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009450
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.21 hectares
Grid reference
TL 94877 14584
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Mill Mound is a bowl barrow situated approximately 380 metres east of Payne's Farm in Essex, England. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a form of funerary architecture characteristic of the second millennium BC, when such earthen mounds were constructed as burial places for individuals of status within their communities. The barrow survives as a distinctive rounded mound, a typical morphological form for this class of monument. As a scheduled ancient monument, Mill Mound remains an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in Essex.

Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 380m east of Payne's Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009450. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 380m east of Payne's Farm?

Mill Mound is a bowl barrow situated approximately 380 metres east of Payne's Farm in Essex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009450.

Who is responsible for protecting Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 380m east of Payne's Farm?

Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 380m east of Payne's Farm 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 1009450.

What other scheduled monuments are near Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 380m east of Payne's Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Remains of St Mary the Virgin's Church (0.8 km), Great Wigborough henge (0.9 km), Decoy pond immediately north of Pennyhole Fleet, Old Hall Marshes (4.1 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 380m east of Payne's Farm

Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 380m east of Payne's Farm stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Mill Mound: a bowl barrow 380m east of Payne's Farm

ColchesterRoman town · ~7.3 milesBattle of Maldon 991Battle (991) · ~7.4 miles