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Six Hills Barrow

The Six Hills barrows at Stevenage are probably the finest surviving complete group of Roman burial mounds in the whole country. They date from the 1st century A.D., and once contained the cremated remains of wealthy Romans - but all of them have been dug into at some time in the past. Their close, ordered, grouping alongside the Old North Road probably indicates that they are the graves of a single local aristocratic family. Further information is available at the site.

The barrows lie on the west side of London Road, in Stevenage, next to the road and just to the west of the roundabout at the junction of London Road and Six Hills Way. Grid reference TL 2374 2369.

Map showing Six Hills Barrow