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Rabbit Hill round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Cambridgeshire, England. The monument survives as an earthwork of circular form typical of barrow construction during the second millennium BCE, when such structures served as funerary monuments for high-status individuals or family groups. Like many comparable round barrows in the East Anglian landscape, it represents an important archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practice in the region. The site is designated as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its significance to the understanding of prehistoric Cambridgeshire.
Rabbit Hill round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006780. View the official record →
Rabbit Hill round barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Cambridgeshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006780.
Rabbit Hill round barrow 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 1006780.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ancient sea defence called Roman Bank, stretching for 600yds (550m) NW of Little Dowgate, Wisbech (0.4 km), Cherry Tree Hill round barrow (0.4 km), Cross in All Saints churchyard (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Rabbit Hill round barrow'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.
Rabbit Hill round barrow stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.