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Monk's Hole barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located near Monk's Wood Farm in Huntingdonshire. The monument survives as an earthwork mound typical of barrows constructed during the Bronze Age period, when such structures served as communal or individual burial monuments across the English landscape. Its survival in the modern landscape, despite the agricultural character of the surrounding region, makes it a significant example of prehistoric funerary architecture in Huntingdonshire. The site remains of archaeological importance for understanding Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in the East Anglian region.
Monk's Hole barrow, 630m NNE of Monk's Wood Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015007. View the official record →
Monk's Hole barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located near Monk's Wood Farm in Huntingdonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015007.
Monk's Hole barrow, 630m NNE of Monk's Wood 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 1015007.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site in Prestley Wood, 800m north east of Cartwright's Farm (5.6 km), Roman barrow 450m south west of Stukeley Park (5.9 km), Roman barrow adjacent to Ermine Street, 290m east of St Bartholomew's Church (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Monk's Hole barrow, 630m NNE of Monk's Wood Farm'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.
Monk's Hole barrow, 630m NNE of Monk's Wood Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.