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Two bowl barrows at Bygrave, 650m east of Park Wood, are a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hertfordshire. These earthworks consist of two circular mounds characteristic of bowl barrow construction, a burial form prevalent in Britain from the Neolithic period through the Bronze Age. The barrows represent evidence of ritual burial practice and territorial land use in prehistoric Hertfordshire, contributing to the broader archaeological record of early settlement patterns in the region. Their survival as upstanding earthworks makes them significant indicators of prehistoric monument distribution across the English landscape.
Two bowl barrows at Bygrave, 650m east of Park Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009821. View the official record →
Two bowl barrows at Bygrave, 650m east of Park Wood, are a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Hertfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009821.
Two bowl barrows at Bygrave, 650m east of Park Wood 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 1009821.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure and earthworks SE of Clothallbury House (4.2 km), Moated site and associated remains, west of Hooks Green Farm (4.6 km), Henge 500m north west of Bush Wood (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two bowl barrows at Bygrave, 650m east of Park Wood's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two bowl barrows at Bygrave, 650m east of Park Wood stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.