Astonishing Roman Barrows in Britain

You'd be forgiven for thinking that burial barrows were a prehistoric practice in Britain, but here we have some astonishing examples from the era of Roman Britain. In this video we'll be looking at the distribution of Roman barrows in Britain and considering ideas as to what they represent. The continuation of Iron Age traditions, or something else entirely. Our first barrow is called Rumberry Hill and lays adjacent to the Braughing to Great Chesterford Roman road. Much flattened by centuries of ploughing, it is nonetheless, still possible to get an impression of its vast proportions. Whilst up in this wild corner of Essex, we take a quick look at the story behind a bizarrely named field: Constans Slap Station! Both the barrow and the Slap Station visit were very much inspired by Christopher Hadley's excellent book, "The Road". Next up, Tweedy takes a look at the largest surviving grouping of Roman barrows in Britain. Six of them. This entails a visit to Stevenage New Town in Hertfordshire to see the appropriately named, Six Hills. Subject to sloppy excavations in centuries past, Tweedy considers the evidence for a Roman date. And then we visit the tallest Roman barrow in Britain at Bartlow in Cambridgeshire. Once a group of seven barrows in two rows, today it is possible to visit three survivors here and they are impressive. Very different to prehistoric barrows... Channels mentioned in this video: ‪@tweedyoutdoors‬ ‪@pwhitewick‬ ‪@hedleythorne‬ ‪@AllotmentFox‬ ‪@SamWalksALot‬ ‪@Linleys‬ #romanbarrow #romanbarrows #rumberryhill #rumberry #beardslane #romanroads #constansslapstation #stevenage #thesixhills #bartlow #bartlowhills #thebartlowhills #hertfordshire #essex #cambridgeshire #romanbritain #kingsdale #braughing #chesterford #greatchesterford If you would like to support this channel, you can buy us a “coffee” via the link in the About section. All contributions gratefully received and ploughed back into our productions. Travel costs and equipment – that sort of thing. Occasionally, actual real coffee. 00:00 Introduction 04:07 Roman Barrows Data 08:19 Rumberry Hill 12:27 Constans Slap Station 16:35 The Six Hills 24:57 Bartlow Hills 32:51 Roman Barrows in Britain 34:07 Whitewick Studios Opening Credits (Where due) WC21 (UK) Productions Ltd theme tune: Keygenerator - Freesound Roman Gazette theme tune: 8-bit Win – Velda – Epidemic Sound For Serious Rambling Hikers & Scramblers theme tune: 514178 danlucas – Freesound Compendium of Curiosities theme tune: Underbelly – Epidemic Sound Coastal Catalogue theme tune: Just Like Magic – Epidemic Sound The Time Tunnel theme tune: Micro – Epidemic Sound Schofield’s Saxon Crosses theme tune: Good, Good – Epidemic Sound Horror History Files theme tune: Eerily Distorted Retro Electronic Sound Horror - CapCut The Almanac theme tune: Rush – DJI Mimo All other music: Epidemic Sound Main “Broadcaster”: Darren Spratt Cameras DJI Pocket 3 Creator Combo GoPro Hero 12 Creator Edition DJI Pocket 2 Creator Combo HoverAir X1