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<< Our Photo Pages >> Therfield Heath Five Hills - Barrow Cemetery in England in Hertfordshire

Submitted by Thorgrim on Tuesday, 30 September 2003  Page Views: 11264

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Therfield Heath Five Hills Alternative Name: Therfield Heath Five Barrows
Country: England County: Hertfordshire Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Royston
Map Ref: TL34104025  Landranger Map Number: 154
Latitude: 52.044432N  Longitude: 0.04607W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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wardrop04 visited on 24th Sep 2021 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A good site with loads of near by sites to visit.

JohnLindsay visited on 1st Feb 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A short walk from Royston Station, or, wonderful, the 90 bus which goes to Bygrave and Ashwell from Baldock and Letchworth. Use traveline to see bus route maps and timetables. there is a pub at the bottom of the hill. Pity about the bunkers. The stunning thing is the view, then as the train pulls back to London, you see a pair of barrows forming a notch on the skyline. Pure navigation.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 4

Therfield Heath
Therfield Heath submitted by Thorgrim : There are ten Bronze Age round barrows at this prominent location - one of the best in eastern England. Surrounded by golfers which makes a site visit hazardous. Bunkers often mislead the barrow hunter but this group is unmistakeable. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery of six round barrows (with four others and a long barrow close by) in Hertfordshire

There are ten Bronze Age round barrows at this prominent location - one of the best in eastern England. Surrounded by golfers which makes a site visit hazardous. Bunkers often mislead the barrow hunter but this group is unmistakeable.

Note: These barrows are located on a golf course so beware of flying balls!
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Therfield Heath Five Hills
Therfield Heath Five Hills submitted by Creative Commons : Five Hills barrows, Therfield Heath The burial mounds on the right of the picture date to the Bronze Age; they are three of the five burial mounds that give the site its name. The mound in the left background is a Neolithic long barrow. Copyright David Robertson and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Therfield Heath Five Hills
Therfield Heath Five Hills submitted by thorgrim : Impossible to get all of these barrows in a single shot - even a panorama. Very dramatic location on chalk hills near Royston. Flying golf balls are a hazard! (5 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
TL3440 : Five Hills barrows, Therfield Heath by David Robertson
by David Robertson
©2007(licence)
TL3440 : Golf course at the top of Therefield Heath by Philip Jeffrey
by Philip Jeffrey
©2023(licence)
TL3340 : Looking over Therefield Heath at the rain in the distance by Philip Jeffrey
by Philip Jeffrey
©2023(licence)
TL3340 : Green and bunker on the heath by Philip Jeffrey
by Philip Jeffrey
©2023(licence)
TL3340 : Therfield Heath by Michael Trolove
by Michael Trolove
©2012(licence)

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Re: Therfield Heath Five Hills by dreamkid on Friday, 06 July 2018
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Hi,
My first contribution.
I'm in N.Herts so this is local to me and I've been there but I haven't really checked it out from an archaelogical point of view before. I was thinking that this and many other large sites are best seen from the air.
Has anyone flown a drone over it with a view to filming the archaeology? That could include the geographical context, which again is best seen from above. Photos can't really do them justice.
That would be a great project for anyone with a drone (with the relevant permissions of course)...
Cheers
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