Bartlow Hills

A picture of Bartlow Hills, taken by Bill Blake. Further pictures from this set are available on Flickr.

Coordinates: 52°04′47″N 0°18′49″E / 52.0796°N 0.3137°E / 52.0796; 0.3137

Bartlow Hills is a Roman tumuli cemetery in Bartlow (Cambridgeshire, UK). Three of originally seven barrows remain. The tallest is 15 metres heigh, and the largest barrow north of the Alps.[1]

Excavations were undertaken in the 19th century (chiefly in 1832–40), discovering remains of large wooden chests, decorated vessels in bronze, glass and pottery and an iron folding chair (most of which were lost in a later fire at Easton Lodge in 1847[2]). A small Roman villa, occupied until the late 4th century, was situated north of the mounds and was excavated in 1852. The site saw no further work until a geophysical survey in 2006 and further excavations in 2007.[3] During this work, it was not possible to locate the Roman villa.

References

  1. "Bartlow Hills are a hidden Cambridgeshire treasure". BBC. 20 May 2010.
  2. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=122410
  3. http://www.reading.ac.uk/web/FILES/archaeology/arch-Bartlow-2007.pdf

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