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Square and circular barrows 260m south east of Parsonage Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument complex located in Essex, England. The site comprises both square and circular earthwork barrows, representing funerary practices characteristic of the Bronze Age period. Such barrow complexes typically served as burial sites for individuals of status within Bronze Age communities, with the variation in barrow form potentially reflecting different burial traditions or chronological phases within the Bronze Age. The monument's survival as an earthwork feature makes it a valuable archaeological record of prehistoric burial practices in Essex.
Square and circular barrows 260m south east of Parsonage Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017231. View the official record →
Square and circular barrows 260m south east of Parsonage Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument complex located in Essex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017231.
Square and circular barrows 260m south east of Parsonage 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 1017231.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Parsonage Farm moated site (0.2 km), Clapton Hall moated site and fishpond (2.4 km), Medieval tile kilns S of Church End (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Square and circular barrows 260m south east of Parsonage 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.
Square and circular barrows 260m south east of Parsonage Farm stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.