
What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Mersea Mount: a Roman barrow at Barrow Hill Farm as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Roman barrow; dates to the Roman period (1st to 5th century AD). It is significant as a rare example of a Roman-period burial monument in the region, reflecting continuity or adaptation of earlier burial traditions during the Roman occupation.
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Places near here
Entrance to Mersea Island's ancient burial moundAncient burial place · 6 yd
Mersea MountArchaeological place · 8 yd
Bocking HallListed building · 1244 yd
Mersea IslandIsland · 1491 yd
Mersea Police StationHeritage place · 1537 yd
Ray IslandIsland · 1.1 mi
Beach Huts in West MerseaBeach · 1.2 mi
Colourful beach hutsBeach · 1.2 mi
Mersea Island MuseumMuseum · 1.4 mi
St Peter's WellMemorial · 1.5 mi
The wreck of the Nanaloa, West MerseaShipwreck · 1.6 mi
Copt Hall MarshesHeritage attraction · 2.3 miOther information
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