Over Barrows
Over Barrows is an archaeological site in England, United Kingdom. Over Barrows is situated nearby to River Great Ouse, as well as near Ouse Fen Nature Reserve.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Mare Fen.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 4,200 feet south of Over Barrows.
Mare Fen
Nature reserve
Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mare Fen is a 16.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve north of Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, England. It is owned by Cambridgeshire County Council, and was formerly managed by the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Naturalists Trust, but as of December 2016 it is not listed on the Trust's web site.
Swavesey Priory
Archaeological site
Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swavesey Priory was a medieval monastic house in the village of Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, England. A church existed in Swavesey at the time of the Norman Conquest, when Alan, Count of Richmond, granted it to the Benedictine Abbey of St Sergius and St Bacchus in Angers, France. Swavesey Priory is situated 1½ miles south of Over Barrows.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Over and Swavesey.
Over
Village
Photo: Uksignpix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Over is a large village near the River Great Ouse in the English county of Cambridgeshire, just east of the prime meridian. The parish covers an area of approximately 2,535 acres.
Swavesey
Village
Swavesey is a village lying on the Prime Meridian of the world in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 2,463. The village is situated 9 miles to the north west of Cambridge and 3 miles south east of St Ives. Swavesey is situated 2 miles south of Over Barrows.
Holywell
Village
Holywell is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, approximately 6 miles east of Huntingdon, in the civil parish of Holywell-cum-Needingworth. It is situated within Huntingdonshire, a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire, and is a historic county of England. Holywell is situated 2 miles west of Over Barrows.
Over Barrows
- Type: Shrubland
- Categories: archaeological site and historic site
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.32924° or 52° 19′ 45″ northLongitude
0.00989° or 0° 0′ 36″ eastOpen location code
9F4282H5+MXOpenStreetMap ID
way 163082512OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=scrub
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