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Prehistoric barrow cemetery and cross dyke in Five Hill Field, 290m south west of Heath Farm

England
List entry 1020396
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020396
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.91 hectares
Grid reference
TL 38276 41473
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Five Hill Field is a prehistoric barrow cemetery and cross dyke located 290 metres south west of Heath Farm in Cambridgeshire. The site comprises multiple burial mounds arranged within a defined field system marked by a cross dyke, a linear earthwork typical of Bronze Age land division. The barrows represent funerary monuments dating to the Bronze Age, reflecting organised cemetery practices and settlement patterns of the period. The survival of both the burial mounds and associated field boundary demonstrates the archaeological significance of this landscape in understanding prehistoric land use and social organisation in the East Anglian region.

Prehistoric barrow cemetery and cross dyke in Five Hill Field, 290m south west of Heath Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020396. View the official record →

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What is Prehistoric barrow cemetery and cross dyke in Five Hill Field, 290m south west of Heath Farm?

Five Hill Field is a prehistoric barrow cemetery and cross dyke located 290 metres south west of Heath Farm in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020396.

Who is responsible for protecting Prehistoric barrow cemetery and cross dyke in Five Hill Field, 290m south west of Heath Farm?

Prehistoric barrow cemetery and cross dyke in Five Hill Field, 290m south west of Heath 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 1020396.

What other scheduled monuments are near Prehistoric barrow cemetery and cross dyke in Five Hill Field, 290m south west of Heath Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site, Goodfellows. (5.8 km), Bush Wood moated site and hollow-way (5.8 km), Double moat and fishpond, Queenbury (5.9 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
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
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site, Goodfellows.
5.8 km
Bush Wood moated site and hollow-way
5.8 km
Double moat and fishpond, Queenbury
5.9 km
Gannock Grove moated site and hollow-way
6.1 km
Reed Hall moated site, Reed
6.3 km
Motte and bailey castle and associated earthworks 100m south of Tuthill Farm
6.5 km
Moated site, Little Cokenach
7.1 km
Pain's End moated site.
8.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Prehistoric barrow cemetery and cross dyke in Five Hill Field, 290m south west of Heath Farm

Prehistoric barrow cemetery and cross dyke in Five Hill Field, 290m south west of Heath Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Prehistoric barrow cemetery and cross dyke in Five Hill Field, 290m south west of Heath Farm

Great ChesterfordRoman town · ~7.5 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~11.7 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~19.9 miles
Domesday entry for Melbourn, Cambridgeshire →
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