Scheduled MonumentsEnglandTwo bowl barrows 320m NNW of Waypost Farm: part of a barrow cemetery south of Ramsey Forty Foot

Two bowl barrows 320m NNW of Waypost Farm: part of a barrow cemetery south of Ramsey Forty Foot

England
List entry 1009995
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009995
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.24 hectares
Grid reference
TL 30098 87342
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two bowl barrows 320m NNW of Waypost Farm are Bronze Age burial mounds forming part of a larger barrow cemetery located south of Ramsey Forty Foot in Huntingdonshire. These earthworks represent the funerary practices of prehistoric communities, likely dating to the second millennium BC when such ceremonial monuments were routinely constructed across the English landscape. The barrows are typical of the bowl barrow type, characterised by their rounded mound form raised above the surrounding ground level. This cemetery complex demonstrates the clustering of burial monuments common to Bronze Age settlement patterns in the East Anglian fenland margins.

Two bowl barrows 320m NNW of Waypost Farm: part of a barrow cemetery south of Ramsey Forty Foot is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009995. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two bowl barrows 320m NNW of Waypost Farm: part of a barrow cemetery south of Ramsey Forty Foot?

Two bowl barrows 320m NNW of Waypost Farm are Bronze Age burial mounds forming part of a larger barrow cemetery located south of Ramsey Forty Foot in Huntingdonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009995.

Who is responsible for protecting Two bowl barrows 320m NNW of Waypost Farm: part of a barrow cemetery south of Ramsey Forty Foot?

Two bowl barrows 320m NNW of Waypost Farm: part of a barrow cemetery south of Ramsey Forty Foot 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 1009995.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two bowl barrows 320m NNW of Waypost Farm: part of a barrow cemetery south of Ramsey Forty Foot?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Five bowl barrows 100m north of Waypost Farm: part of a barrow cemetery south of Ramsey Forty Foot (0.2 km), Worlick moated site and fishponds (1.5 km), Ramsey Abbey (remains of) (2.5 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two bowl barrows 320m NNW of Waypost Farm: part of a barrow cemetery south of Ramsey Forty Foot

Two bowl barrows 320m NNW of Waypost Farm: part of a barrow cemetery south of Ramsey Forty Foot stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Two bowl barrows 320m NNW of Waypost Farm: part of a barrow cemetery south of Ramsey Forty Foot

Flag FenArchaeological site · ~8 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~11 milesWater NewtonRoman town · ~12.6 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~19.6 miles