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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.
Round barrow – a circular feature created by the Bronze Age peoples of Britain and also the later Romans, Vikings, and Saxons. Divided into subclasses such as saucer and bell barrow – the Six Hills are a rare Roman example.
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.
Ashen Hill Barrow Cemetery with views to Priddy Nine Barrows, Stock Hill, Priddy Mineries and Priddy Pools. The field where the monuments are located is 750 metres (2,460 ft) south of the Priddy Circles, [5] a linear arrangement of four circular earthwork enclosures described as 'probable Neolithic ritual or ceremonial monuments similar to a henge'.
The first step in a barrow burial would have been the removal of a circular area of topsoil, which was then encircled with a ditch where the soil had been dug even deeper. [6] Archaeologist Martin Carver believed that this first stage had a symbolic significance in setting aside an inner and an outer zone between where the burial was going to ...
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.
Six Hills, Sixhills, and Six Hill may refer to: Six Hills, a collection of Roman barrows in Hertfordshire, England; Sixhills, a village in Lincolnshire, 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 ...