Earl's Hill bowl barrow: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath 0 ha
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Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Bowl barrow scheduled monument
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blackcap +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blackcap +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Marbled White +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Common Fragrant-orchid, Rosebay Willowherb +20 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Common Fragrant-orchid, Rosebay Willowherb +20 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Hawkweed Oxtongue, Rough Hawkbit +1 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Icknield Way Path Walking route 169 km ▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named route Length 169 km Regional walking route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map Hertfordshire Way Walking route 267 km ▾
Long distance path
Named route Length 267 km Regional walking route
Show on map Hertfordshire Chain Walk Walking route ▾
Not waymarked
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Icknield Way public footpath · 64 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 64 m Surface grass Path type: footway
Show on map 30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
N/A Cycling route 209 m ▾
Named route Length 209 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 356 m ▾
Named route Length 356 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 23 m ▾
Named route Length 23 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 109 m ▾
Named route Length 109 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 70 m ▾
Named route Length 70 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 250 m ▾
Named route Length 250 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle Trail Mountain bike route 226 km ▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named route Length 226 km Regional cycle route
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Small White Pieris rapae2024
Small White Pieris rapae2024
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2024
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2024
Large White Pieris brassicae2024
Large White Pieris brassicae2024
Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus2024
Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus2024
Peacock Aglais io2024
Peacock Aglais io2024
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Dark Green Fritillary Speyeria aglaja2024
Dark Green Fritillary Speyeria aglaja2024
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2024
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2024
Green-veined White Pieris napi2024
Green-veined White Pieris napi2024
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola2024
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola2024
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2024
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2024
Brown Argus Aricia agestis2024
Brown Argus Aricia agestis2024
Orchid Beetle Dascillus cervinus
Orchid Beetle Dascillus cervinus
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024
Cordylepherus viridis Cordylepherus viridis2024
Cordylepherus viridis Cordylepherus viridis2024
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Banded General Stratiomys potamida
Banded General Stratiomys potamida
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Small Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha goettingensis2024
Small Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha goettingensis2024
Comma Polygonia c-album2024
Comma Polygonia c-album2024
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae2024
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae2024
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2024
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2024
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024
Bastard-toadflax Bug Canthophorus impressus2024
Bastard-toadflax Bug Canthophorus impressus2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum2024
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum2024
Fen Snout Nemotelus pantherinus2024
Fen Snout Nemotelus pantherinus2024
Pseudovadonia livida Pseudovadonia livida2024
Pseudovadonia livida Pseudovadonia livida2024
Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides2024
Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides2024
Leptopterna ferrugata Leptopterna ferrugata2024
Leptopterna ferrugata Leptopterna ferrugata2024
Broad-faced Mining Bee Andrena proxima2024
Broad-faced Mining Bee Andrena proxima2024
Kosswigianella exigua Kosswigianella exigua2024
Kosswigianella exigua Kosswigianella exigua2024
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans2024
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans2024
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2024
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2024
Fork-jawed Nomad Bee Nomada ruficornis2024
Fork-jawed Nomad Bee Nomada ruficornis2024
Empis femorata Empis femorata2024
Empis femorata Empis femorata2024
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2024
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2024
Grammoptera ruficornis Grammoptera ruficornis2024
Grammoptera ruficornis Grammoptera ruficornis2024
Platystoma seminationis Platystoma seminationis2024
Platystoma seminationis Platystoma seminationis2024
Eupteryx Eupteryx2024
Eupteryx Eupteryx2024
Common Red-legged Robberfly Dioctria rufipes2024
Common Red-legged Robberfly Dioctria rufipes2024
Cladius Cladius2024
Cladius Cladius2024
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2024
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2024
Tephroseris integrifolia subsp. integrifolia Tephroseris integrifolia subsp. integrifolia
Tephroseris integrifolia subsp. integrifolia Tephroseris integrifolia subsp. integrifolia
Sanicle Sanicula europaea
Sanicle Sanicula europaea
Wych Elm Ulmus glabra
Wych Elm Ulmus glabra
Common Milkwort Polygala vulgaris
Common Milkwort Polygala vulgaris
Hawkweed Oxtongue Picris hieracioides2024
Hawkweed Oxtongue Picris hieracioides2024
Wild Basil Clinopodium vulgare2024
Wild Basil Clinopodium vulgare2024
Epilobium tetragonum subsp. tournefortii Epilobium tetragonum subsp. tournefortii2024
Epilobium tetragonum subsp. tournefortii Epilobium tetragonum subsp. tournefortii2024
Bastard-toadflax Thesium humifusum2024
Bastard-toadflax Thesium humifusum2024
Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera2024
Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera2024
Wild Mignonette Reseda lutea2024
Wild Mignonette Reseda lutea2024
Purple Milk-vetch Astragalus danicus2024
Purple Milk-vetch Astragalus danicus2024
Crested Hair-grass Koeleria macrantha2024
Crested Hair-grass Koeleria macrantha2024
Rough Hawkbit Leontodon hispidus2024
Rough Hawkbit Leontodon hispidus2024
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis2024
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis2024
Wood Meadow-grass Poa nemoralis2024
Wood Meadow-grass Poa nemoralis2024
White Helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium2024
White Helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium2024
Field Fleawort Tephroseris integrifolia2024
Field Fleawort Tephroseris integrifolia2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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