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Three bowl barrows 380m south of Brownshill Staunch House is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the Over round barrow cemetery in Cambridgeshire. The site comprises three distinct bowl barrows, a common burial mound form in prehistoric Britain, which would have served as communal or individual interment locations for the local population. The barrows are positioned within a larger cemetery complex at Over, reflecting the importance of this location as a burial ground across multiple generations during the prehistoric period. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under list entry 1019130 and represents a significant archaeological resource for understanding prehistoric settlement and burial practices in the Cambridgeshire landscape.
Three bowl barrows 380m south of Brownshill Staunch House, part of the Over round barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019130. View the official record →
Three bowl barrows 380m south of Brownshill Staunch House is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument forming part of the Over round barrow cemetery in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019130.
Three bowl barrows 380m south of Brownshill Staunch House, part of the Over round barrow cemetery 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 1019130.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Five bowl barrows 790m north west of Chain House, part of the Over round barrow cemetery (0.4 km), Priory earthworks (3.1 km), 'Castle Hill' earthworks (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three bowl barrows 380m south of Brownshill Staunch House, part of the Over round barrow cemetery's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Three bowl barrows 380m south of Brownshill Staunch House, part of the Over round barrow cemetery 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.