<< Our Photo Pages >> Mutlow Hill - Round Barrow(s) in England in Cambridgeshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mutlow Hill Alternative Name: Fleam DykeCountry: England County: Cambridgeshire Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Cambridge Nearest Village: Fulbourn
Map Ref: TL5466354380
Latitude: 52.166020N Longitude: 0.259939E
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
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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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