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Plumberow Mount is a Bronze Age round barrow situated near Rayleigh in Essex. The monument consists of a circular earthwork mound that once contained burials and grave goods typical of the Bronze Age period, roughly dating to between 2200 and 700 BCE. The site represents an important example of prehistoric funerary practice in Essex and demonstrates the considerable investment communities placed in commemorating their dead through monumental earthworks. Though subject to some erosion and land use changes over the centuries, the mount remains archaeologically significant as evidence of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity in southeast England.
Plumberow Mount is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017451. View the official record →
Plumberow Mount is a Bronze Age round barrow situated near Rayleigh in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017451.
Plumberow Mount 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 1017451.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval saltern adjacent to Hawbush Creek (3 km), Rayleigh Castle (4.5 km), Rochford Hall (uninhabited portions) (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Plumberow Mount'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.
Plumberow Mount stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.