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The Six Hills, April 2004. The Six Hills are a collection of Roman barrows situated alongside the old Great North Road on Six Hills Common in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. They are classed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument and are protected by law. They form the largest surviving Roman barrow group in England.
The nearby Longwood Barrow may be a long barrow or a misshapen round barrow. 1006221: Upload Photo [62] [63] [64] Gough's Cave, Cheddar Gorge: Cheddar: Cave: Palaeolithic: Gough's Cave is located in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills. The cave is 90 metres (295 ft) deep and is 2.135 kilometres (1.33 mi) long, and contains a variety of large ...
A round barrow is a type of tumulus and is one of the most common types of archaeological monuments. Although concentrated in Europe, they are found in many parts of the world, probably because of their simple construction and universal purpose.
Lugbury Long Barrow, Neolithic burial mound in Wiltshire. Maeshowe, Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave. Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery, group of round barrows in Dorset. Pentre Ifan, Neolithic dolmen. The Poind and his Man, burial mound and standing stone in Northumberland. Poor Lot Barrow Cemetery, group of round barrows in Dorset.
In this respect, a long barrow is a long tumulus, usually constructed on top of several burials, such as passage graves. A round barrow is a round tumulus, also commonly constructed on top of burials. The internal structure and architecture of both long and round barrows have a broad range; the categorization only refers to the external ...
Black Down is the highest hill in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, in south-western England. Black Down lies just a few miles eastward of the Bristol Channel at Weston-super-Mare, and provides a view over the Chew Valley. The summit is marked with an Ordnance Survey trig point, the base of which has been rebuilt by the Mendip Hills AONB authority.
Name Description Location Date Conservation Status Notes Beacon Hill: Round barrow: Cleethorpes: Scheduled Ancient Monument: Bully Hill: Round barrow: Kirmond le Mire
West Somerset was a local government district in the English county of Somerset.It merged with Taunton Deane to form Somerset West and Taunton on 1 April 2019. The council covered a largely rural area, with a population of 35,075 [1] in an area of 740 square kilometres (290 sq mi). [2]