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Submitted by rvbaker2003 on Sunday, 26 January 2025 Page Views: 12415

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:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1	Completely destroyed

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3	Ordinary
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1	Awful
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3 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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rvbaker2003 visited on 24th Jan 2025 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Very well preserved as a whole, though excavations have completely obliterated some individual mounds. Great surrounding views of other barrows on the golf course.

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: 3.33 Ambience: 4 Access: 4

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**Therfield Heath Five Hills** submitted by rvbaker2003 : Some very well preserved mounds, others completely destroyed (Vote or comment on this photo)

A barrow cemetery in Hertfordshire of six round barrows with four others and a long barrow close by. So altogether ten Bronze Age round barrows at this prominent location - one of the best in eastern England.

Surrounded by golfers which can make a site visit hazardous. Bunkers often mislead the barrow hunter but this group is unmistakeable.
Page originally by Thorgrim.

Note: These barrows are located on a golf course so beware of flying balls!
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