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Five Knolls Barrow Cemetery

Five Knolls Barrow Cemetery

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Five Knolls Barrow Cemetery

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Location: Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, East Of England, England, United Kingdom

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Edvard

May 8, 2018

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The Five Knolls are prehistoric burial mounds or barrows. There are two pond barrows, which are circular flat areas surrounded by raised banks. The mounds are believed to be from the later Neolithic and early Bronze Age period, around 4,000 years ago. Excavations have found the remains of a middle-aged woman buried with a polished flint knife, as well as Bronze Age cremated remains in an urn. It is also believed that during the 5th and 6th centuries gallows were placed at this spot for Saxon invaders as a warning to others.
nationaltrust.org.uk/dunstable-downs-and-whipsnade-estate/trails/walk-in-the-steps-of-history-giants.

ukadventurers

July 18, 2020

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At Dunstable Downs there is a group of seven round barrows, consisting of two bowl barrows, three bell barrows, and two pond barrows. It is thought that they were initially …

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Location: Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, East Of England, England, United Kingdom

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