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Three Hills round barrows is a Bronze Age ceremonial monument located in Northamptonshire, comprising a group of burial mounds that date to the second millennium BCE. The site consists of three distinct round barrows arranged across the landscape, representing typical funerary monuments of the Early and Middle Bronze Age periods. These earthworks originally rose to substantial heights above the surrounding terrain, though their profiles have been modified by agricultural activity and erosion over millennia. The barrows form part of the broader Bronze Age burial tradition evident across the East Midlands region, reflecting the ritual practices and social organization of Bronze Age communities in central England.
Three Hills round barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013319. View the official record →
Three Hills round barrows is a Bronze Age ceremonial monument located in Northamptonshire, comprising a group of burial mounds that date to the second millennium BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013319.
Three Hills round barrows 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 1013319.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crow Hill Iron Age hillfort with associated Iron Age, Roman and Medieval settlements (4.5 km), Irthlingborough bowl barrow, 760m west of Rutland Lodge (4.6 km), Raunds bowl barrow (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three Hills round barrows'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.
Three Hills round barrows stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.