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Pond barrow is a Bronze Age round barrow located on Pen Hills in Hertfordshire. The monument comprises an earthen mound characteristic of burial practices during the Bronze Age, when such structures served as ceremonial and funerary monuments for elite members of prehistoric communities. As one of two round barrows surviving on Pen Hills, it represents an important concentration of Bronze Age funerary archaeology within the county. The barrow's preservation has allowed it to remain a significant archaeological site for the study of prehistoric settlement and burial patterns in Hertfordshire.
Pond barrow: one of two round barrows on Pen Hills is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010429. View the official record →
Pond barrow is a Bronze Age round barrow located on Pen Hills in Hertfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010429.
Pond barrow: one of two round barrows on Pen Hills 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 1010429.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site, Goodfellows. (4.7 km), Double moat and fishpond, Queenbury (4.9 km), Triple ditches at Galley Hill (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pond barrow: one of two round barrows on Pen Hills'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.
Pond barrow: one of two round barrows on Pen Hills stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.