Category
Burial mounds & barrows
Long barrows, round barrows and chambered tombs. Britain's oldest architecture — older than the pyramids, often bigger than they look.
724 places in this category.
Burial mounds & barrows by region
- 107 burial mounds barrows in Scottish Highlands
- 90 burial mounds barrows in South East England
- 80 burial mounds barrows in North Wales
- 63 burial mounds barrows in Scottish Islands
- 61 burial mounds barrows in West Midlands
- 41 burial mounds barrows in South West England
- 38 burial mounds barrows in East Midlands
- 38 burial mounds barrows in Scottish Lowlands
- 33 burial mounds barrows in Central Scotland
- 32 burial mounds barrows in London
Highlights
All burial mounds & barrows
Flagship📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Bedford Abbey
Bedford Abbey is a abbey in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Bermondsey Abbey
Bermondsey Abbey — English Benedictine monastery.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Boxley Abbey
Boxley Abbey is a abbey in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Chatteris Abbey
Chatteris Abbey — abbey in Chatteris, Fenland, England, UK.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Chertsey Abbey
Chertsey Abbey — Benedictine monastery.
Flagship📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Chesterton Abbey
Chesterton Abbey — abbey in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Crowland Abbey
Crowland Abbey — parish church of Church of England in Crowland, Lincolnshire, England, UK.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Denny Abbey
Denny Abbey — church in South Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Eastminster
Eastminster is a abbey in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Elstow Abbey
Elstow Abbey — abbey in Elstow, Bedfordshire, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Lesnes Abbey
Lesnes Abbey — former abbey, now ruined, in Abbey Wood, London Borough of Bexley, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Ramsey Abbey
Ramsey Abbey — former Benedictine abbey located in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Sawtry Abbey
Sawtry Abbey — former monastery in Sawtry, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Soham Abbey
Soham Abbey — abbey in Soham, East Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
Flagship📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
St Albans Abbey
St Albans Abbey is a abbey in the United Kingdom.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Stratford Langthorne Abbey
Stratford Langthorne Abbey — Cistercian abbey in Stratford, London, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Thorney Abbey
Thorney Abbey — abbey in Thorney, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Tilty Abbey
Tilty Abbey — former monastery in Essex, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Wardon Abbey
Wardon Abbey — Grade I listed building in Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
Waterbeach Abbey
Waterbeach Abbey — former monastery in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · London
West Dereham Abbey
West Dereham Abbey — monastery in Norfolk, United Kingdom.
📷 5Burial mounds & barrows · London
Highfield Tumulus
Highfield Tumulus — a burial mound in england-london, United Kingdom.
📷 5Burial mounds & barrows · London
Croham Hurst round barrow
Croham Hurst round barrow — a burial mound in england-london, United Kingdom.
📷 5Burial mounds & barrows · London
Chestnuts Long Barrow
Chestnuts Long Barrow — a burial mound in england-london, United Kingdom.
📷 5Burial mounds & barrows · London
Addington Long Barrow
Addington Long Barrow — a burial mound in england-london, United Kingdom.
📷 5Burial mounds & barrows · London
Roundhill Barrow
Roundhill Barrow — a burial mound in england-london, United Kingdom.
📷 5Burial mounds & barrows · London
Low Hill bowl barrow
Low Hill bowl barrow — a burial mound in england-london, United Kingdom.
📷 5Burial mounds & barrows · London
Knocking Knoll Long Barrow
Knocking Knoll Long Barrow — a burial mound in england-london, United Kingdom.
📷 5Burial mounds & barrows · London
Shrewsbury Barrow
Shrewsbury Barrow — a burial mound in england-london, United Kingdom.
📷 5Burial mounds & barrows · London
disc barrow
disc barrow — a burial mound in england-london, United Kingdom.
📷 5Burial mounds & barrows · London
bell barrow
bell barrow — a burial mound in england-london, United Kingdom.
📷 5Burial mounds & barrows · London
Ickleford Tumulus
Ickleford Tumulus — a burial mound in england-london, United Kingdom.
Flagship📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Amesbury Abbey
Amesbury Abbey — former abbey in the United Kingdom.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Athelhampton Hall
Athelhampton Hall — Grade I listed country house in Athelhampton, Dorset, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Bayham Old Abbey
Bayham Old Abbey — abbey in Frant, East Sussex, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Beaulieu Abbey
Beaulieu Abbey — abbey in Beaulieu, Hampshire, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Bindon Abbey
Bindon Abbey — monastery in Wool, Dorset, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Bisham Abbey
Bisham Abbey — monastic and manorial complex.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Bruton Abbey
Bruton Abbey — abbey in Bruton, Somerset, England.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Burnham Abbey
Burnham Abbey — house of Anglican nuns near Burnham in Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Cerne Abbey
Cerne Abbey — abbey in Cerne Abbas, United Kingdom.
Flagship📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Cholsey Abbey
Cholsey Abbey — abbey in Cholsey, South Oxfordshire, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Cookham Abbey
Cookham Abbey — abbey in Berkshire, England, UK.
Flagship📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Douai Abbey
Douai Abbey — church in Berkshire, United Kingdom.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Downside Abbey
Downside Abbey — Benedictine monastery in Somerset, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Dureford Abbey
Dureford Abbey — abbey in Rogate, Chichester, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr
Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr is a abbey in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Faversham Abbey
Faversham Abbey — Cluny style monastery in England.
Flagship📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Hyde Abbey
Hyde Abbey — medieval Benedictine monastery.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Keynsham Abbey
Keynsham Abbey — former monastic abbey in Keynsham.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Lacock Abbey
Lacock Abbey — abbey in Wiltshire, England, UK.
📷 4Abbeys & priories · South East England
Langdon Abbey
Langdon Abbey — human settlement in Langdon, Dover, Kent, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Malmesbury Abbey
Malmesbury Abbey — abbey and parish church in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Medmenham Abbey
Medmenham Abbey — Cistercian abbey in Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Minster Abbey
Minster Abbey — historic abbey and Grade I listed building in Thanet, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Nashdom
Nashdom — former country house and former Anglican Benedictine abbey in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England; now an apartment complex.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Netley Abbey
Netley Abbey — abbey in Hampshire, UK.
📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Otham Abbey
Otham Abbey — abbey in Polegate, Wealden, England, UK.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Quarr Abbey
Quarr Abbey — monastery on the Isle of Wight in southern England.
★ Iconic📷 5Abbeys & priories · South East England
Reading Abbey
Reading Abbey — ruined abbey in the English town of Reading, founded in 1121 by King Henry I.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many burial mounds & barrows are in this guide?
- We currently list 724 burial mounds & barrows across the United Kingdom — every entry sourced from Wikipedia, Wikidata or OpenStreetMap and validated against our schema.
- Are these places free to visit?
- Many places in the guide are free to enter — almost every national museum, every public park and garden, every parish church and cathedral. Castles, historic houses and theme parks usually charge admission; National Trust and English Heritage members visit those properties free.
- Where does the data come from?
- Every entry is built from open data: OpenStreetMap (locations, tags, opening hours), Wikipedia (descriptions), Wikidata (structured facts and operator information), Wikimedia Commons (images), ONS open data (population). The site never makes runtime API calls — everything is fetched at build time and committed.
- How often is this updated?
- A weekly automated job re-fetches the upstream sources and rebuilds the site. Manual editorial corrections are applied as overlays on top of the open data.