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Submitted by ermine on Monday, 04 October 2004  Page Views: 12211

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mutlow Hill Alternative Name: Fleam Dyke
Country: England County: Cambridgeshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Cambridge  Nearest Village: Fulbourn
Map Ref: TL5466354380
Latitude: 52.166020N  Longitude: 0.259939E
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.
4 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.
3 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
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Mutlow Hill
Mutlow Hill submitted by ermine : Mutlow Hill, on Fleam Dyke. Looking southeast The Saxons often used round barrows for secondary burials or, as here, as "mutlows". These were meeting places (mut= meet and low is from hlaw - a sacred mound) At the local mutlow, local matters would be discussed, laws proclaimed and disputes settled. Sometimes punishments or executions would take place and many mutlows retained this last featu... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow on Fleam Dyke in Cambridgeshire

This must have been one of the largest Bronze Age (c 2000BC) round barrows on the Icknield and was used to line up the later Fleam Dyke (Saxon defence).

Update December 2017: The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this site - see their entry for Mutlow Hill, Great Wilbraham, Cambridge, which gives directions for finding this location, together with a brief archaeology & history and local folklore.

This round barrow is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 374551 and scheduled as Historic England List ID 1006932. The HE entry currently has no details, except a 10 digit NGR, having been generated from an Old County Number. The Pastscape summary tells us: "Tumulus (bowl barrow)(two ring ditches). Mutlow Hill Bowl Barrow and moot is situated on a chalk knoll on the Earl Medieval Fleam Dyke standing between the junction of two prehistoric trackways. Secondary Saxon inhumations were uncovered by workmen in 1847 but have been attributed to Wendens Ambo, Essex, perhaps in error." Click on the Pastscape link for more details.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
TL5454 : Tree on the line of Fleam Dyke by Keith Edkins
by Keith Edkins
©2008(licence)
TL5454 : Mutlow Hill: barrow and wind farm by John Sutton
by John Sutton
©2013(licence)
TL5454 : Tumulus on Mutlow Hill by Peter S
by Peter S
©2022(licence)
TL5454 : Tumulus, Mutlow Hill by David Kemp
by David Kemp
©2010(licence)
TL5454 : Fleam Dyke information board by Hugh Venables
by Hugh Venables
©2010(licence)

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Fleam Dyke Heritage walk by Andy B on Sunday, 09 June 2013
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The following monument walks have been put together by Cambridgeshire Archaeology in collaboration with South Cambridgeshire District Council.

http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archaeology/outreach/outreach_walks.htm
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