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The Rookery bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in the Chippenham barrow cemetery near Waterhall Farm in Cambridgeshire. The monument is a bowl barrow, a common form of burial structure dating to the Bronze Age, characterised by its distinctive rounded mound shape. The barrow forms part of a larger cemetery complex in the area, indicating sustained ritual and burial practices during the Bronze Age period. As a surviving example of prehistoric funerary architecture, the monument contributes to understanding Bronze Age burial customs and settlement patterns in Cambridgeshire.
The Rookery bowl barrow, part of the Chippenham barrow cemetery, 250m south of Waterhall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015244. View the official record →
The Rookery bowl barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound located in the Chippenham barrow cemetery near Waterhall Farm in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015244.
The Rookery bowl barrow, part of the Chippenham barrow cemetery, 250m south of Waterhall 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 1015244.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hilly Plantation bowl barrow, part of the Chippenham barrow cemetery, 500m south west of Waterhall Farm (0.4 km), Bowl barrow 630m south east of Waterhall Farm, part of the Chippenham barrow cemetery (0.5 km), Packhorse bridge (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The Rookery bowl barrow, part of the Chippenham barrow cemetery, 250m south of Waterhall 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.
The Rookery bowl barrow, part of the Chippenham barrow cemetery, 250m south of Waterhall Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.